LPSF Scholars Profile: Ebony Blackmon Humphrey

Ebony Blackmon Humphrey, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, started her position at Therapeutic Health Services in Seattle in August 2019. Our 2017 Lois Price Spratlen Foundation Scholarship recipient primarily provides psychiatric services to individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders.

Ebony also runs Caritas Critical Case Management, providing direct client services to women experiencing perinatal mood disorders and children who are victims of childhood sex abuse.
Ebony wrote and published a book, Daddy Don’t Touch Me: A Children’s Book for Adult Conversations, for children and caretakers of children who have been victims of childhood sex trauma. She is developing a curriculum based on her book.

While earning her DNP in Psychiatric Mental Health from Washington State University, she worked at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. As an author, student, and mother of six, the Foundation scholarship was vital for Ebony.

“Receiving the scholarship when I did—it came at a very critical time and was very meaningful to me, as I was working and limiting my hours to be able to continue my pursuit of a higher education.”
The scholarship was deeply impactful for Ebony, above and beyond the financial aspect.

“This scholarship, and what the Foundation means to individuals of color such as myself, has been life-changing for me. Knowing other scholars coming alongside us who have graduated and are entering the world of mental health, the world of medicine, with such tenacity, speaks to how they will change and influence the world.”

She is grateful to Foundation donors, adding:

“To those who are donors or potentials donors, your contribution means everything, and whatever you decide in your heart to give, it goes to a very meaningful place.”