May 02

Healing and Nurturing Together: AANHPI Parenthood, Lactation & Mental Well-being

Pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation bring unique challenges that impact mental health, from navigating work transitions and family expectations to breastfeeding in public and during emergencies. Join our LIVE webinar, "Healing and Nurturing Together: AANHPI Parenthood, Lactation & Mental Well-being," on May 2 at 12 PM PT. This webinar focuses on the experiences of the AANHPI community, offering practical strategies to support mental well-being while addressing real-life situations, including returning to work, managing family dynamics, and ensuring infant feeding during disasters.

Virtual location

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Friday, May 2, 2025
12:00pm - 01:30pm PT

Free

Pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation bring unique challenges that impact mental health, from navigating work transitions and family expectations to breastfeeding in public and during emergencies. Designed for both healthcare providers and community members, this webinar focuses on the experiences of the AANHPI community, offering practical strategies to support mental well-being while addressing real-life situations, including returning to work, managing family dynamics, and ensuring infant feeding during disasters. Join experts for a culturally responsive discussion on fostering resilience, advocating for supportive environments, and prioritizing mental health throughout the parenting journey.

Objectives - Here's what you'll learn:

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the unique mental health challenges faced by AANHPI individuals during pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation, including cultural expectations, stigma, and systemic barriers.
Healthcare providers and community members will learn culturally responsive strategies to support mental health, navigate work transitions, manage family dynamics, and ensure infant feeding during emergencies.
Participants will develop skills to advocate for policies and workplace accommodations that support mental well-being and breastfeeding, fostering resilience within AANHPI families and communities.

The recording of this event will be sent to all registrants approximately 2 weeks after the live event, and available for viewing for up to 3 years after the live event.

Meet the Speakers

Alison Hu, Ph.D, ABPP, PMH-C

Dr. Alison Hu, PhD, ABPP, PMH-C, is a board-certified counseling psychologist specializing in perinatal mental health and psych-oncology. Based in San Francisco, CA, Dr. Hu provides culturally responsive, trauma informed care to individuals and families navigating the transitions of pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood.

Lynnette Bello, BA, IBCLC

Lynnette Bello, BA, IBCLC is the Program Supervisor at Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach with over 18 years of experience in lactation and maternal-child health across Orange and Los Angeles Counties, she began her career as a home visitor for the Raise Foundation’s Bridges Program in Orange County. Driven by a passion to support families and advocate for breastfeeding, she went on to earn her International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) credential.

Before stepping into her current supervisory role with Welcome Baby, Lynnette led the Baby-Friendly initiative at St. Mary Medical Center. She continues to serve as a practicing IBCLC at both St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Additionally, she facilitates Breastfeed LA’s Filipino Baby Café – Dede Diner. A strong advocate for home visitation, Lynnette remains dedicated to promoting the vital impact these programs have on community health.

Chuncui Fan, M.S., M.A.E.S, Ph.D

Chuncui Fan is a Senior Research Scientist at UCSF Center for Health Equity and has been a core member of the Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA) survey team for 10 years. Her research interests include social determinants of health, maternal and infant health disparities, public health program evaluation, and food insecurity and poverty. Most recently, she has led studies on AANHPI maternal health disparities and contributed to the CDPH Data Disaggregation Workgroup. She holds a Ph.D. in Spatial Demography and a M.S. in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Archana Minnal, MPH

Archana Minnal is a Research Specialist with UC San Francisco's Center for Health Equity. She has worked with the California Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA) for over ten years, focusing on research related to breastfeeding and mental health, among other topics. She is committed to working towards health and data equity for AANHPI and other communities.

Cancellation Policy

Payment Policy

Continuing Education Credits

After the webinar a recording will be sent to all registrants to view for up to 1 year after the live event, therefore no refunds will be granted. It is the responsibility of the participant to view the recording while it is available. This webinar will not be available for sale later.

Payment must be made during the time of online registration using a credit or debit card. If you need to make alternate payment arrangements such as a company check to be mailed to BreastfeedLA, you MUST pay the General Registration rate and contact info@breastfeedla.org. No Early Bird registration rates will apply to payments by check. This policy is in effect as of Aug 1, 2017.

RN: BreastfeedLA is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. This course offers 1.0 contact hours of continuing education. BreastfeedLA’s provider number is CEP 16435. Licensee must maintain certificate for a period of four years.

IBCLC: BreastfeedLA is an approved Long-Term Provider by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners #CLT113-36. 1.5 L- CERPs will be awarded.

RDs & OTs: Maintain a copy of the agenda and certificate for CPEs for Professional Development Portfolio.