Jessica Lake

Jessica Lake is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 20 years of clinical, administrative, and community-based practice experience. Her clinical areas of expertise include the intersectionality of gender, race, ethnicity, and culture as they relate to holistic wellness practices, trauma, toxic stressors, and complex risk. Jessica is an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who lived most of her formative years in the Bronx, NY. She received a dual BA in Psychology and Social Services Interdisciplinary from the University at Buffalo, where she also obtained a Master of Social Work degree.

Before entering academia, Jessica served as the Managing Director of Wellness, Social Services, and Parent Engagement at Harlem Children's Zone, a large non-profit organization based in Harlem, NY. In this role, Jessica provided administrative, clinical, and budgetary oversight for 9 social services, wellness, health, early head start, reproductive health, and parent education programs, which supported participants and families across the lifespan. Jessica owns a private practice offering mental health services to adults, is a member of the Board of the United Nations Association Southern New York Division, serves as co-chair of the music committee for Fair Lawn's Art in the Park festival, and Advisory Board Member of the Fair Lawn Latin Heritage Committee.

Other Interests

Jessica is an avid traveler visiting 16 countries and over 45 cities worldwide, including a Summer 2012 humanitarian mission to Kenya. Jessica also loves hiking, art, sports, music, gastronomy, and spending time with her family.

Languages (other than English)

Spanish