“I am a Program Coordinator for San Bernardino County Department of Public Health. In my job I work with the HIV/AIDS Planning Council from the Inland Empire of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. I also oversee planning carried out by ten staff as well as the development of RFPs for services from community-based non-profit organizations.”
“Are you doing anything that you had NO idea you would be doing after graduating?”
“Everything! But I know I have the ability and the intuition to be able to do things on a larger scale. Social work gave me a tool box and a set of tools I know I can work with.”
“What is your advice to people considering the MSW program at CSUSB?”
“Graduate school forges amazing bonds with other human beings. CSUSB’s MSW program is a small program. It is not just an educational experience. It is a life experience.”
“What is one thing about Social Work that MSW applicants need to know?”
“When I started the MSW program, in my heart I was a social worker. If they don’t have that going in, if that’s not an intrinsic gut feeling, that is something they need to explore.”