Misty Taylor, ACSW is Kumeyaay. She is an enrolled tribal member of The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel located in the north east mountains of San Diego County. She hasn’t always lived in San Diego County, in her twenty’s she moved up and down California. During her educational path and travels she attended 7 different […]
Alumni Spotlight – Joseph and Tamela Dreyer
Joseph and Tamela Dreyer have their own love story to share, a love story that began at our very own School of Social Work. Joe: We attended the MSW program together, and ran into each other at a field instructor training. Tamela came up to me to say hello. Tamela: I was there with a […]
Alumni Spotlight – Andrea Cangiano
Andrea Cangiano was born in New York and grew up in Long Island. She received her Bachelors in Psychology in Massachusetts at College of the Holy Cross. Andrea enrolled in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps upon graduation, and was placed in Texas at AIDS Foundation Houston for the following year. This experience peaked her interest in […]
Alumni Spotlight – Elizabeth Trader
“Social Work is a Field of Opportunity” by Elizabeth Trader, Licensed Independent Social Worker I was asked by Michael Jones, Faculty at SDSU School of Social Work, to share my career story from SDSU to Iowa. I got my BSW and MSW from San Diego State University. My work background was in the area of […]
Alumni Spotlight – Adriana Gonzalez
Adriana Gonzalez was raised in National City in a community that she describes as “rough”. Throughout the 90’s, the neighborhood experienced high gang activity which made even walking to school difficult. She became interested in the field of social work after hearing about it at career fair in high school. At Southwestern college she enjoyed […]
