Oanh Thi Thu Bui, MA, MHA

Degrees: Health Administration/Public policy and Sustainable International Development

Position: Health Educator and Outreach Specialist

Affiliation: Federation for Children with Special Needs

Oanh Thi Thu Bui has played a role as a cultural broker for the Vietnamese community in Massachusetts and has advocated tirelessly for Vietnamese speaking parents and also parents from culturally linguistically diverse (CLD) communities on the Language Access to ensure CLD parents can fully participate in their children's Individualized Education Program (IEP) process.

Oanh has played a role as a cultural broker for the Vietnamese community in Massachusetts and has advocated tirelessly for Vietnamese speaking parents and also parents from culturally linguistically diverse (CLD) communities on the Language Access to ensure CLD parents can fully participate in their children's IEP process. Oanh has shared her own journey being a single mother and an immigrant navigating the US maze for appropriate service for her child with graduate students at different universities like Boston University of Public Health, Boston University of Education, and Lesley University. Oanh hopes her stories can help future professionals being more culturally responsive working with CLD parents. Oanh has a great interest in collaborating with key stakeholders to improve service access for families from CLD communities.

Currently, Oanh is working at the Federation for Children with Special needs as the Health Educator and Outreach Specialist. Oanh is an advisory member of the MA DDS Statewide Family Support, Autism Now, and Consumer Advisory Committee of Shriver Center. She is also a new member of the Steering Committee of Autism Act Early in Massachusetts.

Oanh holds two Master Degrees in Health Administration/Public policy and Sustainable International Development. She was a LEND fellow (Leadership and Education in Neuro-developmental Disability) through Shriver Center, MA.

Oanh's interests include cultural competence, cultural broker, cultural humility, diversity, Language Access, and Assistive Technology.