About Compassionate Transformation
Compassionate Transformation is an independent, community-based mental health organization serving the San Gabriel Valley.
We provide non-clinical, culturally respectful mental health support for individuals and families experiencing chronic stress, isolation, and instability — including men and Chinese-speaking immigrant communities.
Our work centers on restoring nervous system stability, relational safety, and a sense of belonging through community-based programs, embodied practices, and integrative care.
We operate with care, seriousness, and respect for the people and communities we serve.
Born out of a growing urgency to respond to societal crises such as youth mental health challenges, burnout in caregiving professions, and community disconnection, CTC was created to offer more than just relief. We offer transformation. Our programs draw from modalities such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, energy healing, mindfulness, nature connection, and holistic arts. Together, these practices support the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.
Our team brings together a wide spectrum of lived experiences, professional training, and cultural wisdom. We know the power of healing because we’ve lived it, and we are passionate about passing that power on to the next generation and to adults who need to reconnect with their own inner strength and healing potential. By guiding youth and the adults who support them to access their inner healing abilities, we help them face today’s challenges while building a brighter, more balanced future.
Compassionate Transformation Community launches with a mission to bring healing, mental health, and wellness to underserved communities.
Meet Our Team
Jay Dubois- Executive Director
Jay Dubois is a professor, practitioner, and community leader with training in anthropology and decades of experience studying human systems, embodiment, and relational dynamics.
As Executive Director, Jay oversees program development, research partnerships, and organizational strategy. His work focuses on creating conditions where individuals and communities can develop emotional steadiness, presence under pressure, and capacity for healthy relationship — through grounded, embodied practice rather than performance or diagnosis.
Jay is neurodivergent, with lived experience of ADHD and PTSD. This perspective directly informs his leadership and program design at Compassionate Transformation, shaping an approach that is trauma-aware, neurodiversity-affirming, and grounded in real-world nervous system regulation rather than abstract models of mental health.
His work bridges academic rigor, embodied practice, and community-based care, supporting programs that are culturally respectful, evidence-informed, and accessible to people whose experiences are often overlooked by traditional systems.
Pastor Peter Wang- Board Chair
Pastor Peter Wang is a respected community leader originally from Dalian, China, with decades of experience in pastoral care and cross-cultural community building. As Board Chair, he supports organizational integrity, accountability, and community alignment, and plays a key role in guiding Compassionate Transformation’s work with Chinese-speaking individuals, men, and families in the San Gabriel Valley.
Altimese Nichole - Communications Director
Altimese Nichole is an award-winning, best-selling author, Publicist, Brand Strategist, and Founder of the MBE-Certified digital marketing and public relations firm, The Ezer Agency. Beyond her agency, she is a mother, daughter, friend, and diversity champion committed to bringing representation and access to the forefront of business.
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Winnie Wang- Co-Founder
Winnie Chan Wang is a licensed practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine with an engineering background and extensive experience in integrative, body-based care. Her work bridges clinical insight, nervous system regulation, and culturally respectful support — helping individuals and families restore balance across body, mind, and lived experience. Winnie’s leadership ensures that Compassionate Transformation’s programs remain trauma-aware, culturally sensitive, and grounded in care that feels safe, familiar, and trustworthy to the communities served. Winnie immigrated to the United States from Hong Kong, and her lived experience as an immigrant directly informs her approach to care and community leadership. She brings a deep understanding of cultural transition, language dynamics, intergenerational responsibility, and the ways stress and uncertainty are carried in the body — particularly within Chinese-speaking families. At Compassionate Transformation, this perspective shapes programs that honor Traditional Chinese Medicine as a culturally rooted and trusted pathway to mental and emotional well-being, while remaining accessible, non-stigmatizing, and aligned with contemporary research and community needs. Winnie is also the founder of Mindful Healing Heart and co-founder of Heart Center LA, where she continues to develop integrative approaches that bridge science, tradition, and lived experience.
April Aoki - Volunteer Coordinator
April Aoki is a dedicated and long-time community member with extensive experience supporting service-based and community-centered initiatives.
Her work is rooted in years of involvement with the Love Peace Harmony Foundation, where she has contributed to programs centered on compassion, connection, and inner well-being. Through this experience, April has developed a strong foundation as a volunteer, in community engagement, and in service leadership.
April reflects a deep commitment to service, reliability, and care, contributing to programs that are accessible, community-oriented, and grounded in genuine human connection.
Chloe-Anne Weiser - Assistant Executive Director
Chloe-Anne Weiser, B.A. is a dedicated team member at Compassionate Transformation Community, supporting the design and delivery of programs that promote emotional well-being, resilience, and community connection. She carries a grounded, thoughtful presence—one that people can feel—where safety, respect, and real support become possible.
