Isha Metzger
Author
Dr. Isha Metzger is a first generation American from Atlanta, Georgia by way of Sierra Leone, West Africa. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina, Owner of Cultural Concepts Consulting, LLC, and Director of The EMPOWER Lab.
The overarching goal of Dr. Metzger’s career is to take a strengths-based, anti-deficit approach to reaching youth of color. Dr. Metzger stands against anti-Black racism and oppression through “Engaging Minorities in Prevention, Outreach, Wellness, Education, & Research" using community-based participatory methods and advocacy. Both personally and professionally as an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Dr. Metzger is heavily invested in mentoring and training the next generation of community-based prevention scientists.
Though Dr. Metzger has authored and co-authored 39 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals on topics concerning Black youth development, racial discrimination, racial socialization, and Black family processes, this will be Dr. Metzger’s first book.
Her book, The C.A.R.E Package for Racial Healing is forthcoming in partnership with Strive Publishing.