Education and Professional Interest

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                
Professional Interests

  • Public Child Welfare Policy,
  • Public Child Welfare Practice
  • Cultural Competence
  • Social Justice (special interest in Incarceration and education equity)
  • Organization Leadership (opportunities and involvement of women and people of color)
  • Economic Development Strategies (marketing of community resources and know how

Education

  •  Doctorate in Education  University of San Francisco
  • MSW, California State University, Sacramento
  • BSW, California State University, Sacramento
  •  Marketing Diploma, U.W.I (Extra Mural)
  • Teaching Certificate, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College
  •  Living and working in two cultures (Jamaica and the USA) and switching back and forth for meaningful survival.

Professional Association Membership (Past and Present)

  • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • National Association of Social Work (NASW)
  • Golden Key National Honor Society (Life time member)
  • Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators (ACSWE)
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)

 

Professional Experience: 

  • California State University (1996-2001 CSUS Foundation)
  • California State University, Sacramento (2001-2022 Tenure track faculty member)
  • Sacramento County:  Social Worker, August 1994-1996   
  • HELPS Foster Family Agency (FFA) 1993-1994      
  • Vacaville Police Department Intern Social Worker: September 1990-May 1991
  • Ministry of Youth Child Care Division Jamaica September 1981- June 1984
  • Wisynco Trading Company, Spanish Town, 1984-1988

 

Educational Experience:

 

Ocho Rios Secondary School                  Ocho Rios, Jamaica W.I.                             1973

Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College
Teaching Certificate                         Montego Bay, Jamaica W.I.                                  1981

University of the West Indies        Kingston, Jamaica W.I                                             1987
Marketing (Extra Mural)

CSU, Sacramento                              Sacramento, California                                       1991
Social Work BA                                                                                           

CSU Sacramento                               Sacramento, California                                       1993
Social Work M.S.W.

University of San Francisco            San Francisco                                                        2003
(Doctorate in Education: Organization & Leadership Administration

 

 

Honors and Awards:

  • Lifetime member Phi Alpha Honor Society
  • Lifetime member Golden Key National Honor Society
  • Honors graduate BA. 1991 & MSW 1993
  • Citation for Commitment to Social Justice, First Annual Social Work Scholar in Child Welfare by Social Work Department, Humboldt State University
  • Recipient of California State University Doctoral Scholarship Forgivable Loan Award ($30,000) 2000
  • 1999 recipient of outstanding Alumni Award California State University, Sacramento.
  • Citation from Humboldt State University Department of Social Work for commitment to social justice, September 2005

Professional Association Membership

  • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • National Association of Social Work (NASW)
  • Golden Key National Honor Society (Life time member)
  • Association of Caribbean Social Work Educators (ACSWE)
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • Society for Social Work Research (SSWR)
  • Board member of the Bay Area Training Advisory Committee