Dr. Karen Ferguson is a licensed clinical psychologist and Executive Director of the Northern California offices of the International Rescue Committee. She holds a BA in Neural Science and a BS in Psychology from Brown University and an MA and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland.
The 15 girls sitting in a circle are refugees, immigrants or asylees from all over the world. But right now, they’re not talking about their experiences of the past. Right now, together, they’re imagining their futures.