Denese Shervington has an intersectional career in public health and academic psychiatry. She is the Chair of Psychiatry and Professor at Charles R. Drew University. Dr. Shervington has held Clinical Professorships at Columbia University and Tulane University. She graduated New York University School of Medicine, holds an MS of Public Health in Population Studies and Family Planning from Tulane University School of Public Health, and completed her residency at UC San Francisco. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. A Fellow of the American Psychiatry Association (APA), she is a recipient of the APA’s Award for Excellence in Service and Advocacy and the Jeanne Spurlock Minority award. A member of the American College of Psychiatrists, she serves on the Psychiatry Resident-In-Training Commission. Dr. Shervington is the author of Healing Is the Revolution, a guide to healing from historical, intergenerational, interpersonal, and community trauma, and hosts the podcast of the same name. She is the proud parent of Iman and Kaleb, and has three grandchildren – Ayelet, Hadassah, and Yoav.