Dana Asby, MA, MEd is the Education Coordinator for the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and Co-coordinator of the LET(s)Lead Academy at Yale's Program for Recovery and Community Health. In these roles, she supports project management, research, writing, and training.
Dana is co-author of Compassionate School Practices, which synthesizes her research about how transformational leadership practices and cultivation of compassionate communities can improve equity and reduce trauma in school mental health systems. After seven years as a classroom teacher, from preschool to junior high school in Missouri, Georgia, New York City, and Japan, she transitioned to a career in education and mental health reform and development. She is also a parent educator with Peace at Home Parenting, where she delivers classes to help families understand how stress and mental health challenges affect their relationships and how mindfulness can help support happiness, peace, and the bond of love. As a trauma-informed yoga teacher with Exhale to Inhale, Dana delivers free yoga classes to survivors of trauma and those who work with them.