Dr. Florence Saint-Jean is the Executive Director of Global Trauma Research (GTR), and an adjunct faculty at New York City (NYU) Steinhardt.
Florence earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Executive Counseling and Supervision. At Harvard University Medical School, Florence finished a post-doc in Global Mental Health: Trauma & Recovery.
Under Florence’s leadership, GTR has two main initiatives: The Counseling Hub and The Trauma Project. The Counseling Center serves underrepresented people in NYC and tackles major issues, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, gender/ sexuality, relationship issues, immigration, undiagnosed mental illness, and grief for Haitian-Creole-, French-, and Spanish-speaking residents. Florence is most proud of GTR’s international work via The Trauma Project—a training program for doctors, nurses, teachers, and religious leaders in developing countries, such as Haiti. In the past 8 years, Florence and her team have trained over 800 laypersons.
When not working, Florence enjoys traveling, cooking, dancing Kompa, volunteering in her church, and spending time with family and friends.