HABIT Alumni

 

  • Kai Long is a Cambridge-based HABIT Community Connector.

    As a member of the steering committee of Community Conversations: Sister to Sister for the past 7 years, she has had the pleasure of helping to create health care programing for black women.  In addition, she is the owner of Long on Language, a small private speech pathology practice that focuses on work with neurodivergent professionals and students with communication challenges. 

    Kai received her MS from Boston University in Communication Disorders and is a licensed and certified  Speech/Language Pathologist. She enjoys camping, biking, learning to sew in order to up-cycle clothes and is a member of a local chorus. 

  • Leonard M. Lee is a HABIT Boston-based Connector.

    He is currently the Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Strategic Planning at Kelley Chunn and Associates, playing a pivotal role in leading the organization's efforts to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace culture while aligning strategic initiatives with these principles for all clients. Reporting directly to the CEO, he is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive DEI strategies and integrating them seamlessly into the overall strategic planning processes of Kelley Chunn and Associates.

    Leonard is Former President and CEO of South Coast Community Foundation in New Bedford, and formerly Division Director of Violence and Injury Prevention at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where he oversaw a $30mil budget. Under his leadership, he managed four units to include: Sexual and Domestic Violence Prevention, Child and Youth Violence Prevention, Suicide Prevention Program, and Injury Prevention and Control Program.

    Prior to taking on the senior managerial role at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, he served the Commonwealth as the Unit Manager of Child and Youth Violence Prevention. This role included managing the following programs: Shaken Baby Syndrome, Youth Violence Prevention, and Safe Spaces for GLBTQ Youth.

    Leonard founded “Masking the Community,” an ongoing effort to provide masks to under-served communities which have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of October 2020, he had raised just under $350,000 and has given out over 950,000 masks. As a result of these efforts, he has become known as the “Mask Man”.

    Leonard served as the former Deputy Commissioner of Public Health for the State of Connecticut, overseeing a $100mil budget. In this capacity he oversaw Injury and Violence Prevention as well as several other departments. Before working at a state agency, he has been an Executive Director at a number of nonprofits throughout the Boston area, such as the Roxbury YMCA, ABCD, Inc. Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center, Odwin Learning Center and the Wang Theater. He also serves on a number of community boards, committees and commissions, ran a Broadway theater in Boston at the Wang Center theater, is President and CEO of Blakestone and Associates marketing and promotion company, promoting concerts and music festivals in Boston. He is also an avid skier and Master Urban BeeKeeper.

  • Current Ed.M Graduate Candidate at Boston University

  • Current Administrative Coordinator & Volunteer Program Manager with the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center, at Boston Medical Center

  • Current PsyD Student at the Wright Institute

  • Malena graduated with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based and embodiment interventions in improving psychological health. Her dissertation examined the impact of college dance courses on anxiety in college students. Malena is passionate about expanding access to mindfulness-based psychological interventions among underserved populations. She is currently a Clinical Psychology Fellow at the Center for Addiction Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital.

  • Rae is a fourth-year doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern University and a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where they earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Their research and practice converge at the intersection of religion, moral emotion, and identity—aiming to illuminate how internalized narratives of sin and unworthiness shape self-punishment and to develop culturally grounded pathways toward liberation, belonging, and collective healing. They are currently a clinician with Fenway at Boston Medical Center.

  • Current Clinical Psychology PhD Student at the University of Miami

  • Christopher graduated with a PhD as a dual major in Clinical Psychology and Kinesiology at Michigan State University. His research interests are in the integration of exercise and physical activity into psychological interventions. He is also interested in the development of mind-body interventions to reduce chronic pain following orthopedic injuries. Chris’s clinical interests are in CBT and ACT for anxiety disorders and physical health concerns, and working with athletes with performance anxiety or sports-related injuries. Christopher is currently working as the Senior Psychological Services Provider and Researcher with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.