Since she graduated from Yo San University in 2009, Nini
Mai, L. Ac. has consistently taken the opportunity to donate hours of community
service for the betterment of humanity. Immediately
after graduation, Nini, along with fellow Yo San alums, Henry Lee and Kimberly
Reid, founded the Jennessee Acupuncture Project to provide free healthcare for
survivors of domestic violence. As a
part of the Global Alternative Healthcare Project, Nini has traveled
domestically and internationally to provide much needed health services to
indigent people. Her work has taken her
from the Native American reservations in the Southwest to the Himalayas in
Nepal. While the needs in developing
countries and marginalized communities are enormous, Nini has also recognized
significant needs closer to home—in fact, in our own Venice/Mar Vista/Santa
Monica community. Her clinic, Three
Mountain Eastern Medical Group, works with local not-for-profit organizations
to host Community Health Days, during which they provide low-cost sliding scale
acupuncture, tuina, nutritional counseling and qi gong aftercare
instruction. Most recently, on Sunday
November 13, 2012, Three Mountain partnered with the YWCA of Santa Monica to
host a Community Health Day. One hundred
percent of the revenue from the services rendered that day went to benefit the
YWCA and its many programs. Nini’s
perspective is that her pro-social works have greatly enhanced her own practice
on all levels. Besides expanding her
skills with a more diverse patient population, Nini has observed that energy,
time and donated services invariably have a positive impact on her own practice
in terms of community building and making the public more aware of potential that
Chinese medicine has to offer. Nini’s
altruistic motivation, energy and actions are to be admired. Shortly after the
YWCA service event, Nini was off to Vietnam for another stint of donated health
care service, and as always a rich cultural and resource exchange
experience. Yo San University commends
Nini Mai for her generous work for the global community!