| Emelie Gaborne Dearing, RN, MSN,CS Fairfax, Virginia A National Leader and Expert in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Caring, Compassionate, Patience and Cool Under Fire |
Emilie believes in the power of the individuals to make a
difference, partnership and inclusiveness in the pursuit of a goal,
cooperation and consensus building in problem solving and a
sincere and genuine concern for the service of others.
Emilie is a humble and quiet nurturer who is gifted with a
compassionate heart and an open mind and has a Midas touch
with individuals who are in need of emotional and spiritual
renewal. Her talent to reach out and provide the needed skills to
allow individuals to move forward in life, be productive and
become the person they are striving for is very striking. She has
an intuitive mind, always on the right track in service of families
and communities. She has a total love for human spirit. She is
respectful of other opinions and ideas, lead by example and
honor and acknowledged people’s contribution. Her sense of
integrity, generosity, kindness are some of her shining qualities
that people who are close to her talk about. She willingly offers
her extensive national network to those in need and link people
with similar needs and interest without strings attached.
She is presently the Chair of the Executive Board of the National
Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
difference, partnership and inclusiveness in the pursuit of a goal,
cooperation and consensus building in problem solving and a
sincere and genuine concern for the service of others.
Emilie is a humble and quiet nurturer who is gifted with a
compassionate heart and an open mind and has a Midas touch
with individuals who are in need of emotional and spiritual
renewal. Her talent to reach out and provide the needed skills to
allow individuals to move forward in life, be productive and
become the person they are striving for is very striking. She has
an intuitive mind, always on the right track in service of families
and communities. She has a total love for human spirit. She is
respectful of other opinions and ideas, lead by example and
honor and acknowledged people’s contribution. Her sense of
integrity, generosity, kindness are some of her shining qualities
that people who are close to her talk about. She willingly offers
her extensive national network to those in need and link people
with similar needs and interest without strings attached.
She is presently the Chair of the Executive Board of the National
Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
(NAPAFASA). In 1987, Emilie was elected as the first National Secretary of NAPAFASA, a national membership
organization dedicated to strengthening familes and promoting culturally-competent substance abuse and
related services for Asian and Pacific Islanders in the Continental US and Pacific Islands. As a volunteer since
the formation of the organization in 1987, she has represented the concerns of Asian Pacific Americans (API)
at the local, state and national levels. Her leadership, quiet diplomacy, dedication, passion and commitment
to a stigmatized area of health are admirable. Her persistent and consistent advocacy in addressing the
unmet health needs of the API community and most especially the Filipino Americans are some of her
significant and visible achievement in the field of Mental Health and Substance Abuse over three decades.
In 1995, Emilie was one of the national leaders invited to attend the First Asian American and Pacific Islander
National Health Summit in San Francisco. The following year, the National Institute of Health convened and
Pacific Islander Health Research Conference in Hawaii of which she was an invited participant.
Emilie’s parents are both educators and have emphasized the value of education, giving and sharing of
oneself, dignity of labor, caring and compassion for others. She attained scholastic achievements from
elementary to high school and was a winner of several declamation contests in the province of Iloilo.
Emilie arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in September, 1969 as an immigrant. With a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree from the La Concordia College in Manila, she started as Head Nurse of an Acute Psychiatric
Admission Ward of Spring Grove State Mental Hospital in Baltimore. In a year, she was promoted as a Nurse
Supervisor in charge of a 25-bed Detoxification Unit for alcoholics and drug addicts and a 50 bed
rehabilitation unit. Emilie utilized her innate qualities of caring, compassion, patience and coolness under fire
to provide service to the most difficult, challenging and combative patients. Her spiritual belief was tested and
came forth with flying colors.
During the summer of 1972, Emilie worked at Camp Glyndon, Maryland, a diabetic camp for kids between the
ages of 5 and 15 years. It was a challenging and a rewarding experience when at the end of two weeks, kids
who came not knowing how to inject insulin learned how to do it on their own.
Emilie is one of the three nurses that established the State of Maryland Emergency Services in 1972. It was
during this time that Mayor Shaefer was doing the Renaissance of Baltimore City. She provided Crisis
Intervention at railroad tracks, at the ER services of Baltimore City Hospital, and at homes of families where
family members were threatening to commit suicide or were extremely paranoid. Emilie worked providing 24-
hour Crisis Intervention for the Inner City Community Mental Health Center.
From 1974 to 1979, Emilie worked at Sinai Hospital as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner providing Crisis
Intervention. Emilie was requested to run a one-year leadership training for Head Nurses. The training
yielded positive results. The hospital management acknowledged the contributions that Emilie did to improve
the quality of nursing care and management, as well as the cost benefits of the leadership training. At he
hospital, she gained wealth of knowledge and skills. She was trained by experts in the field of Family
Therapy, and in various models of psychiatric theories and practices. She in turn trained Psychiatric residents
from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Johns Hopskin University.
In 1979, Emilie married Stuart Dearing of Baltimore. They met at an International Conference on Diabetes in
1972 in Washington, DC through his sister, Beverly, who was Emilie’s neighbor in an apartment complex
filled with nurses and doctors. Stuart was a professor of Biology and Genetics in Northern Virginia
Community College. Prior to teaching, he was a captain in the US Army and was in charge of the training of
German Shepherd dogs which were used in Vietnam. In 1992, Emilie and Stu went home to the Philippines
on vacation and dedicated a week long seminar on drugs to various government officials, teachers and law
enforcement officers in her hometown, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. In December 1998 Stu died of lymphoma of the
bone marrow.
Emilie Gaborne Dearing is a Certified Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric Mental Health with a multi-ethnic private
practice and consultation services in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a consultant to the NIDA Southeast Asian Health
Education Project, conducted by Georgetown University. The landmark study in the East Coast seeks to learn
more about certain health risks in the Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese communities in the Washington, DC
Metropolitan area. The project was based on the comprehensive needs and assessment developed by
Emilie and funded by the Virginia Department of Health in
1994.
In 1999, as the Project Director of Magna Systems Incorporated, a Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA) HORIZONS funded project for Asian American and Pacific Islander Medicare beneficiaries
nationwide. The initiative addresses the concern that some API Medicare enrollees are not fully utilizing their
range of Medicare Health benefits. The project involved the development of culturally and linguistically
appropriate information media on Medicare and outreach campaign to inform API Medicare enrollees about
Medicare coverage.
Emilie’s specialty area include community outreach, coalition building, networking, organizational
development, technical assistance, addiction, mental health, family research, cross-racial and cross-religious
marriages, biracial and multi-racial individuals, adolescents and families, cultural competence training,
health education and promotion.
She earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Maryland. She taught at George
Mason University as well as at the Northern Virginia Community College. The graduate courses at George
Mason University attended by all levels of school personnel in the Northern Virginia School system involved
the development of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) prevention message in youth.
Emilie was the Chair of the National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
and was past president of the Parents Association of Neutralize Drug and Alcohol Abuse (PANDAA). She was
a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Partnership for Health. She
was a member of the National Steering Committee for the Secretary of Health to link Primary Care, HIV,
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment.#
organization dedicated to strengthening familes and promoting culturally-competent substance abuse and
related services for Asian and Pacific Islanders in the Continental US and Pacific Islands. As a volunteer since
the formation of the organization in 1987, she has represented the concerns of Asian Pacific Americans (API)
at the local, state and national levels. Her leadership, quiet diplomacy, dedication, passion and commitment
to a stigmatized area of health are admirable. Her persistent and consistent advocacy in addressing the
unmet health needs of the API community and most especially the Filipino Americans are some of her
significant and visible achievement in the field of Mental Health and Substance Abuse over three decades.
In 1995, Emilie was one of the national leaders invited to attend the First Asian American and Pacific Islander
National Health Summit in San Francisco. The following year, the National Institute of Health convened and
Pacific Islander Health Research Conference in Hawaii of which she was an invited participant.
Emilie’s parents are both educators and have emphasized the value of education, giving and sharing of
oneself, dignity of labor, caring and compassion for others. She attained scholastic achievements from
elementary to high school and was a winner of several declamation contests in the province of Iloilo.
Emilie arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in September, 1969 as an immigrant. With a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree from the La Concordia College in Manila, she started as Head Nurse of an Acute Psychiatric
Admission Ward of Spring Grove State Mental Hospital in Baltimore. In a year, she was promoted as a Nurse
Supervisor in charge of a 25-bed Detoxification Unit for alcoholics and drug addicts and a 50 bed
rehabilitation unit. Emilie utilized her innate qualities of caring, compassion, patience and coolness under fire
to provide service to the most difficult, challenging and combative patients. Her spiritual belief was tested and
came forth with flying colors.
During the summer of 1972, Emilie worked at Camp Glyndon, Maryland, a diabetic camp for kids between the
ages of 5 and 15 years. It was a challenging and a rewarding experience when at the end of two weeks, kids
who came not knowing how to inject insulin learned how to do it on their own.
Emilie is one of the three nurses that established the State of Maryland Emergency Services in 1972. It was
during this time that Mayor Shaefer was doing the Renaissance of Baltimore City. She provided Crisis
Intervention at railroad tracks, at the ER services of Baltimore City Hospital, and at homes of families where
family members were threatening to commit suicide or were extremely paranoid. Emilie worked providing 24-
hour Crisis Intervention for the Inner City Community Mental Health Center.
From 1974 to 1979, Emilie worked at Sinai Hospital as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner providing Crisis
Intervention. Emilie was requested to run a one-year leadership training for Head Nurses. The training
yielded positive results. The hospital management acknowledged the contributions that Emilie did to improve
the quality of nursing care and management, as well as the cost benefits of the leadership training. At he
hospital, she gained wealth of knowledge and skills. She was trained by experts in the field of Family
Therapy, and in various models of psychiatric theories and practices. She in turn trained Psychiatric residents
from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Johns Hopskin University.
In 1979, Emilie married Stuart Dearing of Baltimore. They met at an International Conference on Diabetes in
1972 in Washington, DC through his sister, Beverly, who was Emilie’s neighbor in an apartment complex
filled with nurses and doctors. Stuart was a professor of Biology and Genetics in Northern Virginia
Community College. Prior to teaching, he was a captain in the US Army and was in charge of the training of
German Shepherd dogs which were used in Vietnam. In 1992, Emilie and Stu went home to the Philippines
on vacation and dedicated a week long seminar on drugs to various government officials, teachers and law
enforcement officers in her hometown, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. In December 1998 Stu died of lymphoma of the
bone marrow.
Emilie Gaborne Dearing is a Certified Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric Mental Health with a multi-ethnic private
practice and consultation services in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a consultant to the NIDA Southeast Asian Health
Education Project, conducted by Georgetown University. The landmark study in the East Coast seeks to learn
more about certain health risks in the Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese communities in the Washington, DC
Metropolitan area. The project was based on the comprehensive needs and assessment developed by
Emilie and funded by the Virginia Department of Health in
1994.
In 1999, as the Project Director of Magna Systems Incorporated, a Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA) HORIZONS funded project for Asian American and Pacific Islander Medicare beneficiaries
nationwide. The initiative addresses the concern that some API Medicare enrollees are not fully utilizing their
range of Medicare Health benefits. The project involved the development of culturally and linguistically
appropriate information media on Medicare and outreach campaign to inform API Medicare enrollees about
Medicare coverage.
Emilie’s specialty area include community outreach, coalition building, networking, organizational
development, technical assistance, addiction, mental health, family research, cross-racial and cross-religious
marriages, biracial and multi-racial individuals, adolescents and families, cultural competence training,
health education and promotion.
She earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Maryland. She taught at George
Mason University as well as at the Northern Virginia Community College. The graduate courses at George
Mason University attended by all levels of school personnel in the Northern Virginia School system involved
the development of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) prevention message in youth.
Emilie was the Chair of the National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
and was past president of the Parents Association of Neutralize Drug and Alcohol Abuse (PANDAA). She was
a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Partnership for Health. She
was a member of the National Steering Committee for the Secretary of Health to link Primary Care, HIV,
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment.#
Washington D.C. Since 1987
Washington D.C. Since 1987
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