Meet Our Current Students
Binta Diallo
Binta Diallo is a practicing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at an underserved Pediatric Emergency Room in the Bronx, NY. She is currently a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner student at the University at Buffalo. She completed her Master of Nursing and Doctorate in Nursing Practice degrees at Columbia University. While working in the Pediatric Emergency Room, she discovered her passion for reproductive and perinatal mental health as she worked with mothers and their newborn babies. She is passionate about supporting women through every stage of childbearing, from preconception through pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenting. She practices evidence-based mental health while utilizing a therapeutic, collaborative, and patient-centered holistic approach. Binta is extremely passionate about health equity and has dedicated the majority of her career working in underserved communities.
Emily, RN, PMHNP-Student
Emily Sabia (she/her) is a registered nurse and PMHNP student at NYU. Her interest in perinatal support began as a volunteer birth doula and Gender & Health student at the University of Michigan. After starting her nursing career in the NICU at NYU Langone Health, she noticed a need for emotional support of NICU parents and found meaning in providing presence and reassurance during challenging moments. This led her to pursue a deeper focus on mental health. Emily currently works as a behavioral health nurse on NYU's inpatient psychiatry unit and as a member of the Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT), responding to psychiatric emergencies throughout the hospital. As a student at Brooklyn Parent Support, she is excited to combine her perinatal experience with psychiatric training to offer integrated support for individuals during reproductive transitions. Emily is passionate about improving mental health outcomes for childbearing people through compassionate, specialized care.
Mark, MFT Student
Mark Friedman is currently pursuing a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). After a successful career in the corporate world, he is now following his passion for helping those in need of mental health care. As a father of three, with two daughters in college and a 9 year old son, he is well versed in family dynamics throughout the life cycle and brings a unique voice from a neo-paternal perspective-- one with an understanding of how to apply classic family values in today's modern world.
Mark takes an existential humanistic approach to therapy, rooted in family systems theory, which is guided by the exploration of each individual’s own personal experience.