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Question: What Can I Do With A Social Work Degree? Answer: Anything that you want! I am on a mission to eliminate the old, narrow view of social work and promote the expansive diversity, opportunity, and career fields available to those with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. Social work is more than […]
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social workers practice in a wide variety of settings and work across three scales or levels to create change – macro, mezzo, […]
Legacy – handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor; a heritage As the countdown to my half-century mark continues, I am consistently focusing on not just the legacy that I want to leave, but also the legacy that I am currently living. Moving beyond thoughts of clarifying my identity and solidifying […]
I am on a mission to eliminate the old, narrow view of social work and promote the expansive diversity, opportunity, and career fields available to those with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. I’m also the professor who assigns group projects. We all love group projects right LOL? The completion of this blog post […]
I feel like strong documentation, strong professional boundaries, and strong problem-solving skills are included in social work 101. I am a boundaries girl. Most people who interact with me know that and respect the boundaries I set. Do you know who didn’t honor the boundaries I set? Me! I didn’t honor my own boundaries […]
A year ago today, March 10, 2022, I made a decision to go from idea/dream/wish to goal. Then I wrote the goal, verbalized the goal, and took action on the goal. Facebook reminded me of the social media post today: “As I was driving on Tuesday I had a strong desire to take more […]
My social media has daily livestreams and posts during the 5th Annual Millennial Social Work Conference (@millennialswc) at Clark Atlanta University Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work last weekend which could actually serve as a recap. Here we go: The keynote speaker here at the Millennial Social Work Conference just referred to […]
My passion is helping high-performing Women of Color in social work leadership achieve career fulfillment by getting clear on what they want, elevating their confidence, and centering their accomplishments. My personal philosophy on leadership is that: Leadership is a privilege Leadership is about impact and influence, not a title Leadership is earned, not demanded Leadership […]
Happy Social Work Month! I love social work. I love how I have been able to leverage my education and training and carve out the perfect (employee) career and entrepreneurial pursuits for me. Social work has allowed me to learn and grow while I work and earn. Social work has allowed me to do […]