[AAPI Voices - Navigating Diverse Careers] Scrubs and Suits: Navigating Healthcare Futures

​[AAPI Voices- Navigating Diverse Careers] Scrubs and Suits: Navigating Healthcare Futures
📍 Queens Public Library - Flushing Branch 41-17 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355 [Lower Level Rooms A&B]
📅 Sunday, June 22
⏰ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (1.5 Hours)

​Kick-start your healthcare career at our dynamic workshop. Hear from inspiring professionals, get expert CV/resume feedback, and network with industry leaders and peers. Don’t miss this chance to gain insights and make valuable connections!

​About the Panelists

​Licensed Mental Health Counselor Fatemah Dhirani
Director of the Intern Department at HumanTold
I am a seasoned clinical leader and administrator with over a decade of experience in mental health program development, clinical supervision, and organizational strategy. As the Director of the Intern Department at HumanTold, New York, NY, I led the creation and strategic development of a comprehensive intern program, growing the department to a 30+ member team of supervisors and interns. I have designed and implemented clinical training programs that integrate current social, emotional, and global issues, ensuring that interns are well-prepared for complex clinical environments. My leadership has focused on aligning cross-departmental strategies and building strong partnerships with academic institutions to ensure a continuous pipeline of well-trained interns. I emphasize equity-focused practices, promoting a diverse and inclusive training cohort while maintaining high standards for clinical excellence and patient care. 

​In addition to my administrative and program leadership roles, I maintain an active clinical practice, providing trauma-focused therapy to a diverse caseload of clients, specializing in trauma, eating disorders, family systems, and couples therapy. I integrate evidence-based therapeutic modalities such as EMDR, CBT, and mindfulness into my clinical work, ensuring that treatment is both effective and trauma-informed. As a Clinical Supervisor, I mentor and coach interns, overseeing their professional development and clinical performance. I have led initiatives to align clinical services with best practices, developed metrics-based evaluation systems for clinical outcomes, and facilitated interdepartmental collaborations to ensure integrated and coordinated care. Through my combination of clinical expertise and administrative leadership, I continue to drive organizational and clinical excellence in the mental health field. 

​Connect with Fatemah: LinkedIn

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​Doctor Chen Fang, PharmD, RPh
Senior Manager of Scientific and Medical Communications, and Innovation on the Global CeraVe team a L'Oreal Groupe
Chen is an experienced medical communications professional with 4 years of experience in the healthcare communications and strategy space. She is currently the Senior Manager of Scientific and Medical Communications, and Innovation on the Global CeraVe team, part of L'Oreal Groupe. She and her parents immigrated to New York when she was 3, and has spent over two decades calling Queens home.

​Chen received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Rutgers University, and continues to practice as a pharmacist at Alto Pharmacy. She extends her engagement in scientific research as an Evaluator for the Science Talent Search, and Grand Judge for the International Science and Engineering Fair. Chen is also a preceptor for pharmacy students anticipating to graduate from St. John's University and Rutgers University. Chen is passionate about mentorship, business clinical strategy and development, and health care information accessibility and purity for both patients and health care professionals.

​Connect with Chen: LinkedIn

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​Doctor Pooja Singh, MD
Clinical Lead Primary Care Physician at Forward
Dr. Pooja Singh is a board-certified internal medicine physician based in New York, passionate about proactive, preventive healthcare. With a strong belief in "Medicine 3.0," she integrates technology, data science, and holistic care to improve patient outcomes.

​She has worked across academic, public, and private healthcare systems—from serving as Chief Resident at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx to roles at Weill Cornell and Columbia University. At Forward, she helped pioneer AI-driven care models like Care Pods and continues to advise health-tech startups focused on underserved communities.

​A lifelong advocate for women’s health and rights, Dr. Singh has contributed to global initiatives including HIV prevention efforts in India and anti-trafficking campaigns. She remains active in charity work supporting education and empowerment for women and children.

​Dr. Singh’s mission is to help people understand their health through data and awareness—believing that when you empower a woman, you empower the future.

​Connect with Pooja: LinkedIn

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​About the Moderator

​Whitney Yeung
Director of Operations at H.AAPI
Whitney Yeung is a seasoned real estate advisor who combines a buoyant, easygoing personality with extensive market knowledge and in-depth expertise in the buying and selling process. A Queens native with substantial career experience on Long Island, she provides elevated client service and bridges the gap for first-time buyers, sellers, and investors looking to move to, or between, the North Shores of Queens and Long Island.

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Whitney has been in real estate for nearly a decade and has successfully guided clients through every challenge and obstacle. She is an exceptional communicator who maintains constant contact during every step of a transaction. Her success can be attributed to her out-of-the-box thinking, kindness, and patience. She is a relentless negotiator in pursuit of her clients’ goals, and her passion for the industry is apparent in every showing and client interaction. The go-to resource for real estate advice within her community, she believes that building wealth through property ownership is achievable for anyone who puts their mind to it.

​In her spare time, Whitney enjoys reading self-development books and novels as well as trying out new recipes. She is obsessed with her air fryer and pressure cooker, and she has ventured down the TikTok recipe rabbit hole more than once. She is also a self-described gym rat who never skips leg day. She is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.

​Connect with Whitney: LinkedIn

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​Thinking about a career in healthcare?
Bring a few copies of your resume and cover letter to get valuable feedback from our expert panelists!