Dr. Jean Lau Chin, a Board Member for over 20 years and former and Board President of the Mental Health Association of Nassau County. Dr. Chin was a driving force in the agency. It saddens us to bring you the news that Dr. Chin has passed due to the COVID-19 virus.​

Dr. Chin was a highly successful Ph.D. with a long list of accomplishments including multiple professorships at Teachers College, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychology, and California School of Professional Psychology. She also was an accomplished Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Adelphi University. Dr. Chin also worked at several mental health and medical centers as a staff psychologist and director. 

Dr. Chin strongly believed in cultural humility and saw strength in diversity, and it was at the heart of her work, especially as it pertained to psychology, leadership, minority, and women’s rights. More recently Dr. Chin gave a TEDx talk and was part of the College of Advisors as part of the organization Erase Racism.

While our community is deeply saddened by Dr. Chin’s passing, we celebrate the warm presence she brought to the MHANC family and invite you​ to celebrate her life with us. she will be sorely missed and forever favored.