Yaminette Diaz, B.A. is a part-time Research Assistant working on the Concordance Pilot and the Patient Provider Encounter Study. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology. She hopes to pursue a career in ethnographic community-based mental health research to help develop tools for sustainable living.
Email: ydiaz@charesearch.org  Phone: 617-503-8432

Michael Flores, M.P.H., is the project coordinator for the Export P60 project. Michael earned a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a MPH emphasizing in health policy from California State University, Fresno. His research interests include health disparities in the Latino community, patient/ provider interaction in mental health clinical settings, psychometrics, and cultural competency.
Email: mflores@charesearch.org Phone: 617-503-8489

Sandra Kafury, B.A., is the Executive Assistant for Dr. Margarita Alegria of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research. She has a variety of experience in the administrative and managing field. She speaks English and Spanish with understanding of Portuguese language as well. She is curently enrolled at Harvard University to pursue and finish her studies in Psychology.
Email: skafury@charesearch.org Phone:617-503-8440

Angela Kazanovicz is the Grants Operations Manager. She has worked in health care and academic institutions throughout her career, specializing in the areas of grants and contracts administration, pre and post award activities. She provides support to the administrative team in developing budgets and managing the financial aspects of our Center. She is a trainer and her current interests are in the areas of canine and equine therapies to improve human suffering and in enhancing our potential.
Email: akazanovicz@challiance.org Phone:617-503-8482

Sheri Lapatin, M.I.A., is the Associate Director of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research. She earned a Bachelors from Brown University and a Masters from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She is proficient in Spanish and French, and her research interests include the effects of migration patterns, language, and gender on mental health.
Email: slapatin@charesearch.org  Phone: 617-503-8479

Xinliang Li, M.S., is the data manager analyst at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research. She graduated from Lehigh University with a M.S. degree in statistics. She provides data management support of several projects -- National Latino and Asian American Study, Diagnostic project of Disparities research, RQP study of EXPORT.
Email: xili@charesearch.org; Phone 617-503-8475

Anna Nillni, B.A., is the Research Coordinator for the NLAAS and she also helps with the Concordance Pilot, Systems Pilot and Patient Provider Encounter Study . She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2007 with a B.A. in Communication and Spanish, as well as minor in Latin American Studies. She speaks English and Spanish and hopes to pursue graduate studies in the future.
Email: anillni@charesearch.org; Phone: 617-503-8484

Jose Mario Valdes, B.A.,  is a Research Assistant working on the Right Question Project and Systems Pilot, and is responsible for the website's maintenance. Jose Mario graduated from Harvard College in 2008 with a B.A. in Government, a Secondary Field in Romance Languages, and completed Premed requirements. He speaks English and Spanish and hopes to attend law school in the future.
Email: jvaldes@charesearch.org  Phone: 617-503-8477

Anne Valentine, M.P.H., is the Project Manager for the Advanced Center. She received her master's degree in public health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her interests include adolescent behavioral health, maternal depression and disparities in access to care among racial and/or ethnic minority populations.
Email: avalentine@charesearch.org Phone: 617-503-8451