Esther C. Chow
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Esther C. Chow, MSW is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work. She has over 25 years of experience in serving low-income, under-served Asian communities in New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego and Oakland/Alameda County, California. Her various professional capacities included hospital social worker, developmental disabilities case manager, community outreach and parent education coordinator, grant writer and project director of prevention mental health services programs. Having successfully raised a son with developmental disabilities to adulthood, Esther feels it is time for her to give back and empower other Asian immigrant families living with developmental disabilities. This is the reason for her starting Helping Hands East Bay in August 2015.
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Candice Wong Golightly
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Candice Wong Golightly, OTR/L, C.E.A.S is a registered and licensed occupational therapist with over 20 years of experience in working with infants to seniors from a whole-person perspective. She has been treating children with a variety of disabilities including autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, and sensory processing disorders. Ms. Golightly has consulted with teachers and provided training to parents. She is the co-founder of a special children's ministry in her church in Oakland. Ms. Golightly has also consulted with an inclusive soccer program that is designed to help special needs children. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Ms. Golightly received a B.S. in occupational therapy from San Jose State University in 1990 and has mentored master’s level students during fieldwork placement at Samuel Merritt University. Candice has a strong interest in Chinese medicine, and has studied in the master's program at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. She is blessed to be the mother of a teenage son with autistic spectrum disorder.
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David (Cody) Lam
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David (Cody) Lam was born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland. Although born with cerebral palsy, Cody has excelled beyond his challenges and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007 with a bachelor’s in political science. After Berkeley, his interest in accounting has led him to consider a CPA career. Cody is currently employed at UC Berkeley Donor Services Administration. His interests include history, politics, sports, economics and hip-hop music.
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Lisa Lung
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Lisa Lung is a senior project manager for Lam Research Corporation in Fremont, California. She earned her B.S. in telecommunications and B.A. in communication systems management from Ohio University. She has more than 15 years of experience with SAP systems integration, project management and implementation experience in the finance area. Prior to joining Lam Research Corporation, she worked as a senior business analyst for OSIsoft, Inc. in San Leandro and the Clorox Company in Oakland. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys volunteering in the community and is passionate to serve families with special needs children.
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Esther Wong
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Esther Wong, LCSW, was born and raised in Hong Kong. She received her bachelor of science in sociology from Portland State University in Oregon in 1974, master of social work from San Francisco State University in 1981 and earned her California clinical social worker’s license in 1986. Her professional experiences of over three decades included serving at-risk youth in Hong Kong, at-risk Chinese immigrant families in New York City, and 34 years with Asian Community Mental Health Services in Oakland and Richmond where she developed and managed various mental health, developmental disabilities and supported employment services in both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties which were funded by county behavioral health, Regional Center of the East Bay, First 5 California and CA State Department of Rehabilitation.
Currently, Esther is an independent consultant for developmental disabilities services. She joins the board of Helping Hands East Bay because she is passionate about advocating for the development of bilingual and bicultural services for Asian communities to reduce disparities in the service delivery system. |
Phyllis Park
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Phyllis Park, LVN is a retired licensed vocational nurse who has a niece with developmental disabilities. Other than her previous work at San Quentin prison, Phyllis has also worked part-time as a respite provider for special needs families. Her passion for helping individuals with disabilities led her to earn the credentials of a board and care home administrator.
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Henry Long
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Henry Long graduated from San Francisco State University with a master degree in psychology in 1976. He had served the Chinese Community in San Francisco and Oakland through various professional capacities which included substance abuse counseling in treatment center, career counseling in public school with Chinese immigrant students, and cross-cultural intervention in marriage and family counseling. From 1978 on Henry worked continuously for the regional center in providing case management services. Aside from experiences and skills in consumer advocacy, Henry is also knowledgeable in planning, developing and evaluating progress in consumer's individual plan, consumer resources network, day program review and quality assessment. Henry retired in 2016 from Regional Center of the East Bay but he would like to continue to use his knowledge and experience to help individuals with developmental disabilities maximize their potential.
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