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MBTI:<\/strong> ENFJ
\nClifton Strengths: <\/strong> Positivity, Empathy, Connectedness, Developer and Focus
\nCharacters Values: <\/strong> Love, Social Intelligence, Zest, Kindness, Humility<\/p>\n

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Education<\/h3>\n

I am a proud Rhody Ram alum – URI Class of 1994! (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology) Master\u2019s of Social Work (MSW – Licensed: LICSW) – Rhode Island College (1998).<\/p>\n

Career Journey<\/h3>\n

As an undergraduate at URI, I worked both on and off-campus to support my educational journey. I volunteered at a teen parenting program and that is where my love of working with young adults began to blossom. <\/p>\n

I spent the bulk of my professional career as a School Social Worker (22 years). After all those years, I felt like I wanted to expand my professional horizons and reached out to URI Alumni Career services for guidance and assistance. I saw firsthand how invaluable the career resources are at URI, both for current as well as past students! I was fortunate to be hired by Rhode Island College as an Assistant Project Director, then Project Director for the Learning Partnership for Children\u2019s Services, a training and educational partnership between Rhode Island College – School of Social Work and DCYF. After 3.5 years in that wonderfully fulfilling role, I then was hired as the Director of Practicum Education within the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. I spent additional per diem and part time doing clinical social work at Rhode Island Hospital, Northern RI Collaborative as well as teletherapy through the Covid-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

Throughout my 26 years of professional experience, I have been privileged to advise undergraduate and graduate student interns, providing clinical consultation, supervision and mentorship. <\/p>\n

When not supporting career and experiential education at URI, you will find me:<\/strong> Spending time with my family, enjoying the many activities in which my children (ages, 17 and 13) participate. I love taking walks, especially with a cup of my favorite coffee! I also enjoy traveling, exploring new places, listening to music and shopping.<\/p>\n

What Strength, Value, or Personality trait do you identify with most and why?<\/strong> I most identify with Positivity. This trait was amplified during my time as a School Social Worker, interacting with youth who benefitted from an upbeat interaction style and contagious enthusiasm. <\/p>\n

I approach those I work with from a strengths-based perspective and work to form relationships within this framework. <\/p>\n

I also embrace the qualities of Empathy, Connectedness, and Learning. I find no other place as exciting, challenging, and engaging than higher education. And to be back to my alma mater is more exciting than I can express! Go Rhody! Go Rams!\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":53256,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"peoplegroups":[505],"class_list":["post-53239","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","peoplegroups-directors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/53239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/53239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53284,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/53239\/revisions\/53284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"peoplegroups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/peoplegroups?post=53239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}