Sabiha Sultana (2020-2021)

Health Care Role: Community Health Worker

Organization: NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health

Sponsoring Organization: CSAAH

Sabiha Sultana is a community health worker at the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH), within the NYU Langone Department of Population Health. Sabiha is fluent in Bengali/English and is dedicated to serving the New York City (NYC) South Asian community. She has experience working with patients from NYC primary care practices to prevent and manage diabetes and hypertension by providing in-language and culturally-appropriate health education and lifestyle coaching. She has also built strong relationships with women’s groups in the Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn and Queens for the NYU Community Service Plan. Sabiha is also a certified health navigator and assists in enrolling clients into health insurance plans. Sabiha graduated from the City University of New York (CUNY) at York College with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare from National University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Previously she’s worked as a case work liaison and outreach services specialist, providing services with New York City. In her free time, Sabiha likes cooking up healthy Bangladeshi dishes!