3 min read In an unprecedented year of crisis and uncertainty, Deidra Brooks, started her first year of graduate school as a social worker. Deidra shares her motivations and passions for becoming a social worker.
Author: Deidra Brooks
I am a first-year student at Columbia University's School of Social Work. My goal is to serve historically marginalized communities through the pursuit of social justice in research and policy, and to ameliorate the adverse impact of intergenerational trauma with individuals within oppressed communities.