Annecy Baez

Dr. Annecy Baez, Professor at the Touro College Graduate School of Social Work, teaches clinical practice and human behavior, and was formerly on the faculty of the New York University School of Social Work. Dr. Baez holds a PhD from New York University, an MSW from Hunter School of Social Work, and a BA from Pace University. Her areas of expertise include college mental health, Latinx mental-health issues, depression/anxiety, suicide prevention, trauma, domestic violence, mindfulness, and spirituality in therapy and in the Latinx community.

Dr. Baez has been a clinical social worker for thirty years, providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy at various inpatient and outpatient settings, including the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, Western Queens Consultation Center, and Columbia Presbyterian. She formerly served as director of a diagnostic residential trauma center in Westchester County and as director of the Counseling Center at Lehman College. She has received Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training and has a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy. Her experience with trauma-informed contemplative practices in higher education aligns with her educational focus on social justice and cultural diversity, allowing for relevant exploration of social-work issues.

Also a poet and fiction writer, Dr. Baez is the author of My Daughter’s Eyes and Other Stories (Curbstone Books, 2007), winner of the Mármol Prize for Latina/o First Fiction. Her creative writing has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including Callaloo, Caudal, Vinyl Donuts (The National Book Foundation, 2000), Viajeros del rocío: 25 narradores dominicanos de la diáspora (Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, Editora Nacional, 2008), and Riverine: Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press, 2010).