Clear Harbor Healing and EmpowermentRuiting (Renee) Mao
Department Head
Social work student listening to community needs and working toward culturally responsive healing for Chinese-speaking and immigrant communities.
The experience behind the work
Renee earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with a minor in Economics, from New York University and is completing a Master of Social Work at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. As a first-generation international student from Chengdu, she brings firsthand insight into cross-cultural identity and belonging.
At Clear Harbor, Renee supports community outreach and workshops. She also interviews community members to learn which forms of support would be most meaningful to them.
Her clinical training includes outpatient work with adolescents and young adults. An independent project explores meaning-making and narrative identity.
Renee hopes to expand access to culturally responsive healing for Chinese-speaking and immigrant communities. Drawing on her interests in photography, ceramics, and flameworking, she also hopes to explore how expressive arts might help people for whom verbal emotional expression feels unfamiliar or unsafe.
Read Renee’s full biography
Ruiting (Renee) Mao is completing her Master of Social Work at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with a minor in Economics, from New York University. As a first-generation international student from Chengdu, China, Renee brings firsthand insight into cross-cultural identity, belonging, and adaptation.
At Clear Harbor, Renee supports community outreach and workshops while interviewing community members to identify meaningful forms of support. Her clinical training includes outpatient work with adolescents and young adults, complemented by an independent project on meaning-making and narrative identity.
Renee hopes to expand access to culturally responsive healing for Chinese-speaking and immigrant communities. Drawing on her interests in photography, ceramics, and flameworking, she also hopes to explore how expressive arts can support people for whom verbal emotional expression may feel unfamiliar or unsafe.