Biographie de Mary boufis Filou
The Author : Mary Boufis Filou is a retired Jail Mental Health Clinic administrator credited with inaugurating an award-winning mental health and suicide prevention program in the county jails in Suffolk County, New York. She was awarded the Ph.D. in Hispanic languages and literature from Stony Brook University in December 2004, a course of study which she undertook to facilitate communication with Spanish-speaking inmates.
She earned her B.A. in psychology from Barnard College, New York City, and an M.S.S. from the Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, Massachusetts. She remains active in philanthropic causes having served as international president of the Daughters of Penelope, a women's group covering five countries that promotes literacy and philanthropy with particular emphasis on the empowerment of women.