Not everyone is built to become a social worker. The work is challenging. The days are long. There is a fair amount of uncertainty. It’s no wonder then that Meghan Jenkins Morales wasn’t sure about her own career path when she took a year off from college in Iowa to figure out what she wanted to do.
She had some interest in psychology, but she wasn’t sure where that would take her. Her mom was a special-education teacher. The helping professions were not unfamiliar. But it was her grandfather who, sitting in her dorm room listening to her question her future, provided guidance. After some consideration of the unique set of interests and skills, he simply said without pressure, “I think you want to be a social worker.”
“I think it was always in me, but I didn’t know what to call it.” Meghan recalled. “He helped me process it.”
She signed up for an Introduction to Social Work class and has been hooked ever since.
Meghan is the third generation in her family to make such a decision. Her grandpa, Joe Jenkins, was in the first MSW class at the University of Texas and spent a...
Braunginn and Larsen Part of Wisconsin School Social Workers Association
