Samara Grossman, MSW, LICSW is the Director of the Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness at the Boston Public Health Commission. Prior to this position she was a Clinical Social Worker with Brigham Psychiatric Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is a Health Equity Scholar of the Center for Health Equity Education & Advocacy of Cambridge Health Alliance (2021-2022), and a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar (2018-2021). She was a member of the Mass General Brigham Trauma-informed Care Initiative, co-chairing the Education and Training Committee of that Initiative; as well as co-chair of the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Social Work Racial Justice Committee. Her interests lie at the intersection of trauma-informed care, racial and social justice.