Splash Biography

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Jacklin Ha is a first generation Vietnamese-American who graduated from UC Berkeley where she studied Integrative Human Biology & Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies. She is currently a Youth Consultant at Banteay Srei and volunteers with Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR) as a sexual assault advocate. Simultaneously, Jacklin is a Mental Health Counselor at Asian Health Services’ Specialty Mental Health division in partnership with Public Health Institute, IWAY (Improving Wellness of Asian Youth) and Youth Programs. Her primary role is to provide 1:1 preventative counseling services that offer psycho-education and socio-emotional support to middle and high school youth on school sites and in the clinic. Following her passion for community health, Jacklin serves as an Alumni Advisor on the Asian American Pacific Islander Health Research Group’s (AAPIHRG) Coordinating Council as well as the coordinator of the nation’s first undergraduate Certificate in Asian American Community Health (CAACH) Program. Jacklin has been awarded the Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha award for her advocacy work which focuses on addressing issues of domestic and intimate partner violence as well as sexual exploitation. Her research examined the effective use of a warm-handoff through the digital domestic violence reporting and referral system in connecting patients in the emergency department who are victims or survivors of DV and/or IPV to local long-term advocacy services. Jacklin hopes to integrate her work in community health with a focus on trauma, both historical and intergenerational, in her future work as an advocate, physician, and continuing artist.

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