Regina Shoen, NYCPS, FPA-C is the Director of the Upstate Regional Office of Advocacy & Peer Support Services with the New York State Office of Mental Health, in Syracuse, New York. Regina has worked for NYS OMH since 2006 both as a contractor and in state service. Regina has worked in Peer Services since 2006 and is passionate about workforce issues and assisting individuals to navigate a return to work or entering the workforce in their chosen field. Regina has trained individuals, providers, programs, and state agencies on a variety of workforce and related topics and uses her own lived experience to inform her work.