Jassie Nijjar
Jassie Nijjar is a first-generation Punjabi, born and raised in California and now firmly rooted in Indiana. With over a decade of experience in social work, Jassie Nijjar has focused her career on supporting adolescents, children, and families—especially in the areas of mental health, domestic violence, and trauma. As of summer 2025, Jassie serves as […]
Harleen Kaur Bhatia
Harleen Kaur Bhatia is a recent graduate from Northeastern University, who is dedicated to community advocacy and building bridges with Sikh and non-Sikh organizations. She has been actively involved in youth organizing for 8 years, collaborating with organizations like OCA Houston and Mi Familia Vota. Raised in Texas, she was also active with the Houston […]
Dr. Roopa Dhaat
Dr. Roopa Dhatt is a passionate advocate for women’s leadership and gender equality in global health. She is a leading voice in the movement to correct the gender imbalance in global health leadership. She is a practicing Internal Medicine physician in the Washington D.C. area. She has faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor at Georgetown […]
Sahaj Kaur Kohli
Sahaj Kaur Kohli MA.Ed, LGPC, NCC is a practicing individual and couples therapist, an advice columnist for the Washington Post, author of “But What Will People Say: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures,” and a community builder and mental health educator for immigrants, children of immigrants and anyone straddling more than one […]
Gurpreet Kaur Padam
Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Padam is a founding and emeritus board member of the Sikh Family Center. She brings extensive experience in Family Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Palliative Care, along with a commitment to cultural humility and trauma-informed care. Her work at the center is driven by a dedication to holistic health, addressing violence and health […]
Deepak Ahluwalia
Deepak is the founder of Singh Ahluwalia Immigration Law Firm, a boutique immigration law firm that focuses on removal defense, asylum, naturalization, family-based immigration, waivers and consular processing. He has extensive experience working on removal and deportation cases and has litigated numerous cases before the Immigration Courts where remedies such as asylum, cancellation of removal, […]
Dr. Varinder S. Rathore
Dr. Rathore brings over 10 years of experience spearheading healthcare initiatives and projects in the Sikh community. He has been instrumental in initiating Gurdwara- based Health Fairs in Queens, NY and is a strong proponent of inculcating a mental health, addiction component and trauma work into the primary care outreach(es). He presented a paper and […]
Nitasha Sawhney
Nitasha Kaur Sawhney is an equity partner in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles offices of Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP. She specializes in labor and employment and education law and also serves as legal counsel to public agencies throughout California, particularly to educational institutions. Natiasha frequently speaks and provides training on Sexual Harassment […]
Nancy K.D. Lemon
Nancy K.D. Lemon, the John and Elizabeth Boalt Lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law, has committed her legal career to improving safety in the family home. She received a BA in Women’s Studies with honors in 1975 from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law (UC […]
Preet Kaur Sabharwal, PSYD
Dr. Preet Kaur Sabharwal received her PsyD at the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Alameda. She has been providing clinical services at The Hume Center for the past 8 years in their South Asian Community Health Promotion Services program. As a first-generation Punjabi growing up in Northern California, Dr. Sabharwal has […]