Systems, Advocacy and Policy – Amplifying Voices
Objectives
- Gaps in maternal mental health services/programs/resources
- Workforce and culturally competent care
- Policy opportunities and advocacy pathways
Speaker Bio
Summer Mei Ling Lee, MFA
RAMS Board Chair
Summer Mei Ling Lee began her career doing direct services, grant reporting, and strategic planning at Asian Women’s Shelter. There she co-authored two federal reports on grass-roots strategies to address relationship violence in the queer Asian community. From there, she studied community mental health in grad school, working with men experiencing severe mental illness in prison. Afterwards, she served as an intern for Senator Dianne Feinstein. She then pursued her passion and received her MFA in 2011 and since then has exhibited art locally, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been collected into private and public collections throughout the world. She recently co-founded a local organization for environmental protection and promoting truly affordable housing. She also serves as an alternate delegate to San Mateo County Democratic Party, and on the board of the Sanchez Art Center and the Institute for Clinical Social Work. She is a proud board member of RAMS.
Natalie Tualemoso Ah Soon, MPH
RAMS Director of Community Engagement & Government Relations
Natalie Tuālemoso Ah Soon is a systems leader, bridge-builder, and visionary dedicated to dvancing health and mental health equity through culturally grounded, community-driven approaches. As Director of Community Engagement & Government Relations at RAMS and Interim Director of the Regional Pacific Islander Taskforce, she has helped launch transformative initiatives including the Samoan Wellness Initiative, Filipino Mental Health Initiative–SF, Southeast Asian Mental Health Initiative–SF, Pacific Islander Wellness Initiative, and Kindezi Black Perinatal Wellness.
Her work spans San Francisco Bay Area Counties, expanding both access to care and redefining what culturally responsive care can be through trusted community partnerships. A proud daughter of American Samoa, Natalie grounds her leadership in culture, language, and lived experience, carrying forward a deep commitment to visibility, dignity, and collective healing for Pacific Islander communities.
Beyond her professional roles, she is a mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunty, cousin—identities that deeply shape her relational, heart-centered approach to leadership and systems change.
Continuing Education: RAMS is approved by the California Psychological Association (CPA) to provide continuing professional education hours for psychologists. For this event, RAMS is offering 3 hours of continuing education for psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. RAMS maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. In order to receive CE credit, participants must attend the entire training. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credit. Sign in and out will be required.
