Heang Tan

Heang Tan is Associate Director at Khmer Health Advocates (KHA), a West Hartford-based organization dedicated to promoting mental, physical, and cultural health of Cambodian survivors of the Mahantdorai, the destruction of the Khmer Rouge era. She has over three years of experience working with Cambodians as a Community Health Worker (CHW) and has assisted in the development of CHW training tools. She manages KHA’s National Cambodian American Diabetes Project, which creates awareness of diabetes and the negative impact of serious psychological distress on diabetes health outcomes, brings proven education programs to Cambodian communities nationwide to prevent diabetes in this high-risk community, and prevents complications in those who have diabetes through increased use of health services. Ms. Tan was born in Cambodia and came to the United States as a refugee in 1982. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biopsychology from Bates College.