Dr. Zuleka R. Henderson, PhD, LMSW

Dr. Zuleka Henderson is an East New York, Brooklyn native who is deeply committed to ensuring that there are welcoming, desirable, safe, and fun spaces where people get to discover and share about healing. 

Her journey includes work as a therapist, community-based mental health expert, social work educator, researcher, and advocate for culturally resonant care. Along this journey, Zuleka cultivated an expertise in taking wellness concepts and transforming them into creative activities that invite people to explore the world of wellness in ways that are engaging, inviting, and accessible.

In 2021, Zuleka became the Founder and Director of The Center for Black Wellbeing (CBW). CBW’s mission is to foster Black-led mental health solutions that prioritize innovation, cultural knowledge, and self-determination, and to equip organizations with tools to effectively center and support wellBEing. 

As a poet, writer, and performance artist, Dr. Henderson is reimagining the mental health landscape by ensuring that interventions extend beyond traditional care settings and practices. She envisions advancing intergenerational wellbeing by increasing opportunities for individuals and communities to be curious about healing, and to have fun, exercise agency, and center their personal and cultural wisdom along their journeys to wellness and freedom.