Amy Colozzo, Co-Chair
Amy Colozzo, LICSW, PMH-C (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice. She specializes in perinatal mood disorders, loss, and traumatic grief. She is trained in Compassionate Bereavement Care through the MISS Foundation. Amy also volunteers with PSI as a local support coordinator, and volunteers with the MA chapter of NASW. She unwinds by spending time with her family, baking, and staying active outside with her dogs.
Allison Kitson, Co-Chair
Alli Kitson, DSW, LICSW, BCBA, PMH-C is a licensed independent clinical social worker and therapist in private practice. She specializes in working with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and perinatal loss. She is trained in EMDR for the perinatal population. Alli also works with children, adolescents, and families in her clinical practice. She volunteers with PSI as a local support coordinator. Alli is a mother of five children, four on earth and one angel baby. She loves spending time with her family, going on adventures, and reading.
Sarah Baroud, Treasurer
Sarah Baroud, LICSW (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist. Sarah has worked for over 15 years with children, adolescents and their families in the community mental health setting. After her own postpartum mental health challenges and not finding the support she needed, she shifted her clinical focus to the perinatal population and opened her private practice in 2021 with a focus on perinatal mental health.. Sarah is dedicated to being a mental health resource for folks going through the parenthood journey – doing so through individual and couples counseling, groups, workshops and speaking engagements. She is a wife, mom of two and an aspiring gardener.
Shani Jean-Charles, Secretary
Shani Jean-Charles, MA (she/her/Ella), is a third-year clinical psychology doctoral student and therapist at a local organization. Following her previous pregnancy loss and postpartum mental health challenges, she became passionate about supporting and advocating for the perinatal population, especially within the Latinx community. She has focused her research on this population and volunteers as a Specialized Support Coordinator for the Northshore area to provide resources and social support to mothers facing perinatal mental health issues. This role has allowed her to witness firsthand how culturally competent interventions can empower mothers to seek help and support, reinforcing the importance of her research focus. Shani lives in Lynn with her husband, cat, and 6-year-old son. She also enjoys baking and cooking Puerto Rican dishes.
Maria Dolorico, Social Justice & Anti-Racism Coordinator
Maria Dolorico, M. Ed., BCC, PMH-C is a mental health clinician specializing in reproductive and perinatal mental health and wellness with an interest in immigrant and multicultural families. Central to any introduction of Maria is that she is the daughter of Philippine immigrants. The first and only member of her family born in the US, she will never tell you who she is without telling you who and where she comes from. Maria lives in Boston, MA with her husband, three children, and one dog and cat. She is working towards a PhD in Psychology and plans to write her dissertation on intergenerational immigrant trauma. In her downtime, she studies singing.
Annika Holmberg, Liaison and Scholarships
Annika Holmberg is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional. She is passionate about delivering holistic and evidenced-based psychiatric care to individuals across the perinatal period. In joining PSI-MA, Annika is committed to expanding perinatal mental health training opportunities for professionals, with the ultimate goal of enhancing accessibility to this specialized care across Massachusetts. In her free time, you may find her at a dog park, making jewelry in her backyard, or adventuring with her family and friends.
Jessica Buckley, Advocacy Manager
Jessica Buckley is a licensed independent clinical social worker in private practice. Jessica worked in community mental health, primarily in a school setting, supporting children and families for over a decade until shifting to private practice. In private practice, Jessica has expertise in perinatal and maternal mental health and is committed to continued support for clients on their parenthood journey. She is a mom of two who loves skiing, baking, and knitting.
Divya Kumar, At-Large
Divya Kumar, LICSW, PMH-C is a South Asian-American psychotherapist with a public health background who specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and the life transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. She is especially passionate about holding space for folks of color and folks who identify as first- and second-generation immigrants as they navigate the transition to parenthood and explore how race, racial identity, and culture intersect with parenting. She is a Co-Founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color and a Commissioner on the Ellen Story Commission for Postpartum Depression, and she writes and speaks on the intersections of perinatal mental health, race, and culture. She is also the mother of two teenagers and spends her time wandering around the green spaces in Jamaica Plain, knitting brightly colored scarves, and baking delicious brownies.
Kriti Lodha, At-Large
Kriti Lodha is a seasoned general manager with a track record for building and scaling successful businesses, brands and teams across multiple industries. She is proud to be a survivor of postpartum psychosis in the pandemic, and the mom to a healthy beautiful daughter named Naina. After years of healing, she is excited to get involved with PSI to help raise awareness, remove the shackles of shame and stigma, and build community around perinatal mental health. Kriti unwinds by cooking, singing, and spending quality time with the people she loves.
Madelaine Bustamante-Cabrera, Alliance Representative
Madelaine Bustamante-Cabrera, LMHC (she/her) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor; working towards her PMH-C. Madelaine works in a Community Health Center in Boston, mainly with an immigrant population, in the Department of OB-GYN. Madelaine has worked for over 9 years with families, children, adolescents, and adults in different settings and agencies. Originally from Ecuador, she came to Boston, MA in 2017. Currently pursuing a Master in Public Health and a Doctorate in Psychoanalysis, Society, and Culture. Madelaine lives with her husband in Boston and loves animals, especially cats; she enjoys reading and learning, especially about Spirituality, Religion, Philosophy, Culture, Psychoanalysis, and everything related to Perinatal Mental Health.
Laela Bisgrove, At-Large 
Laela Bisgrove is a holistic health clinician and perinatal mental health advocate. She has over 10 years of experience in behavioral health working in addiction treatment with individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health disorders, inpatient mental health, and community mental health. Laela graduated from an Occupational Therapy Assistant program in 2022 and completed a self-love coaching and reiki practitioner certification program in 2023 and a Ritual Initiation Facilitator Training certification in 2024. She is a volunteer Support Coordinator for PSI and a specialized support coordinator for parents with multiple. Laela is a mother of multiple two times. She has a girl set of twins and a boy set of twins. Laela enjoys spending time with her loved ones, dancing, cooking and baking, and doing arts and crafts.
