Patricia Green-Lee: CEO & Founder of B.A.S.I.A.
Born in Sylacauga, Alabama Patricia
learned early on what the struggle for African Americans had healthcare and the lack of information, education, and medical
treatment was personally.
She to Los Angeles, California
at the age of 14 years old, and Los Angeles is where she completed
her education. Patricia has always had a desire to become a Psychologist in Human Services.
Even more, to assist individuals in overcoming mental illness, substance abuse, and other issues plaguing African Americans.
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Giving back to her people [African American] has always been important
to Patricia. She began volunteering with National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and the parent organizations Women in
Community Services (WCS). As a volunteer with these organizations, she became Project Director of Job Corp form
1971 to 1973. Working with NCNW and WCS created a desire to work with individuals [African Americans] in all
underserved communities of Los Angeles, primarily in the Watts area.
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In Watts, she worked for the Watts Health
Foundation; currently know as The United Health Plan. Her positions consisted of Admissions Clerk, and Pre-Paid Health
Plan Representative. Her dream of developing an organization remained always in the forefront of her career choices.
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She moved to San Bernardino
County in 1994 with a vision of opening rehabilitation program for women
and children. While working for an outpatient agency (Prototype Women & Children
Center Program) she met Linda Hart. Patricia and Linda became close friends and
begin to share their dreams of helping others, even more, a vision of opening an agency that would be for African Americans
as well as other underserved populations in San Bernardino.
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In 2002, Patricia and Linda decided to obtain their own non-profit status
in order to open a program addressing the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the African American communities of San Bernardino County.
B.A.S.I.A has a
personal meaning for Patricia, one of her own children contracted the HIV/AIDS virus, and as a mother, she works hard on the
fight is to ease the pain that other mothers would endure because of this deadly disease.
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Patricia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services, and multiple Certifications in Substance
Abuse and Domestic Violence Counseling
