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This article provides a look into the career of Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton, the president of Elm City Communities in New Haven, Connecticut. As an African American woman and a trained clinical psychologist, Dr. DuBois-Walton has utilized her knowledge of psychology to guide her career in serving marginalized communities. Fueled by her interest in community building and her willingness to challenge the status quo, Dr. DuBois-Walton has helped to transform the policy and infrastructure that underlie the historic marginalization of those across the New Haven community. This interview outlines her career trajectory and how her work has helped impact families on both an individual and systemic levels. Dr. DuBois-Walton provides commentary on how her training as a psychologist has fundamentally shaped her approach to serve families and how through her role, she strives to set in place programming and policy that moves away from how our nation has historically treated low-income families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved). |
