Meet Quoc Lam

Quoc (phonetically “Kwah”) Lam — many people call him “Q” — has been an Independent Living Specialist with Empower Tennessee since August 2022 and our Director of Operations since October 2023.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology with minor (concentration) in Psychology and English.

Quoc worked in the Public Health arena in California serving as Program Manager overseeing Alternative Testing Sites, Partner Counseling & Referral Services as well as developed and managed a Men’s
Wellness Center (for testing, treatment, counseling of at risk populations). He trained and certified hundreds of HIV Testing Counselors throughout the State and offered technical assistance and facilitated quality assurance audits on behalf of State Office of AIDS, California and local health jurisdictions. Client centered counseling techniques and competencies around cultural sensitivity and implementation of harm reduction models of intervention based off transtheoretical model of behavior
change. He has over two decades worth of experience with recovery (12 step, holistic, trauma informed, and traditional therapeutic techniques) from multi-vector approach to healing from trauma and abuse/addictive substances and behaviors. At Nashville CARES he coordinated and facilitated support groups and implemented DEBIs, education, testing, counseling as well as creative approaches in support of people living with and without HIV in the south.

He has experience in career development, job searching certified by the American Staffing Association. He has familiarity with single and multi-family traditional leasing as well as short term rental processes as well as navigating the complex process of home buying/selling process. Quoc is grateful this opportunity lends room for incorporation all his skill sets across both for profit and not for profit industries in support of individuals on the path toward identifying with living happy, healthy and whole.