Kym Hemley, MSW, MPH

Missouri Foundation for Health

Program Officer

Kym Hemley is originally from El Paso, Texas. She has completed Master's degrees in Public Health and Social Work from Saint Louis University. She has worked internationally with various programs and internships. Her previous experience includes work with community groups in Mexico and Central America.

Before and during social work practicum, Kym worked with the Language Access Metro Project (LAMP) since its creation, for the past six years as Coordinator and Director for the LAMP program (a health and social service agency for immigrants and refugees). Currently she is a Program Officer with the Missouri Foundation for Health, a newly created health foundation working to improve the health of Missourians. Other Agency Board involvement includes the War Trauma Recovery Project, Center for Social Justice, Southside Catholic Community Services, the Archbishop’s Committee of Women in the Church, RICCH – Refugee and Immigrant Community Coalition on Health, National Council on Interpretation in Healthcare, Missouri Rural Health Association.

Her research interests include cross-cultural health care and acculturation studies, environmental health, and health-mental health assessment models within immigrant populations.