Asli Cennet Yalim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida School of Social Work. She received her master’s degree in Social Work from Florida State University and her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from University at Buffalo. Asli’s areas of research are refugee mental health, forced migration, refugees from the Middle East, barriers to mental health services, culturally competent practice, and community-based participatory research. She volunteered for and collaborated with the local refugee resettlement agencies in Buffalo, NY and Tallahassee, FL. She is a member of the Orlando Refugee Task Force. Asli worked as a clinical psychologist in different settings in Istanbul, Turkey before starting her career in the United States. She teaches courses in human development and social environment, research methods, and social work with immigrants and refugees.  Asli is a fellow at the UCF Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity (GEEO)