T H E W O R K – This then is our collective synergy; a tapestry – woven together.

I found my way to social justice work as a young person while growing up in a community surrounded by white supremacy and hatred. Since that time I have sought ways to continue to express my hearts deepest yearning-that all persons deserve the right to a beautiful life...

​I N D I V I D U A L S – C O M M U N I T I E S – O R G A N I Z A T I O N S
I seek refuge in our inherent capacity to heal and to be transformed. My goal is to support alleviating unnecessary suffering. I understand the complex environments in which poverty and inequality exist and how NGOs, health and human services organizations operate. I ignite and document individual, community and organizational transformations through research and evaluation.

​O R I E N T A T I O N & B A C K G R O U N D
​I am perpetually creative – drawing from hard skills, enriched by traditional wisdom and faith orientations, and the vastness of our human diversity. These values drive me. They have pushed me to a career devoted to health and human rights and to welcoming refugees and supporting survivors of trauma. I have served on the front lines offering clinical trauma treatment, creating practice innovations, managing programs, conducting public health research and sharing outcomes through educating others and policy development. I am trained as a clinical social worker, cultural anthropologist and health policy evaluator with advanced training in forced migration studies and international development and policy management.

S p e a k e r s B i o g r a p h y

Sasha is a health and human services consultant with more than two decades managing and developing programs making meaningful impacts in the lives of individuals and families. Sasha works at the intersection of international development, gender based violence and mental health and psychosocial development. She supports programs and projects from visioning, program development, to oversight and reporting. Trained as a clinical social worker, cultural anthropologist and health policy evaluator, but also an innovator at heart, she’s devoted her career to systems change amplifying health and human rights, and serving conflict-affected populations.

Sasha has worked in US refugee programs, trauma and torture treatment, human trafficking, child welfare, human rights, immigration, and social services. She’s developed psychosocial interventions for refugees including: adjustment support groups and peer support services. Applying community participatory methods, she’s developed various curricula, mental health screening and implemented practice based interventions. She serves as a subject matter expert on refugee trauma and is passionate about MHPSS, task-sharing among community health workers and self-care for psychosocial workers. She engages in research, evaluation, toolkit development, technical capacity building and guidance, and organizational consultation. She also has public health experience field testing a culturally validated mental health instrument for refugees experiencing emotional distress and trauma.

Sasha learns from engaging with diverse stakeholders through teachings, is a dynamic thought leader pioneering new programs, evaluating or engaging in cross-cutting projects and analyzing policies. She supports institutions as they strengthen their cultural responsiveness, engages with grassroots organizations to build capacity, and supports clients in their quest of organizational excellence. She serves the non-profit, humanitarian, public health and public at large.