Ishrat Hossain joined Turning Point for Women and Families in November 2022. She is our newly appointed Domestic Violence Counselor. She recently obtained her Master’s degree from SUNY Empire State College. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Community and Human Services and has primarily focused on female empowerment and women & gender studies. Through her studies, she developed a policy memorandum on Combatting Domestic Violence Against Muslim American Women during her time at SUNY Empire State College. She has roots in both the U.S. and Canada and has also worked with children and adults in various roles. “I am so excited to be joining the Turning Point team to help rebuild self-esteem in the lives of women and families across the New York community,” she says. While there are many forms of abuse used to gain and maintain power and control over another being, Ishrat maintains her conviction to raise the voices of survivors of gender-based violence: “I hope we may continue to unite to represent the silent and unheard voices. Together, we can stand strong to end this, once and for all!” She wants to help create a vision of her perfect world- where love and equality overpowers it all.” She is fluent in French, Bengali and Hindi.