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Tag: licensed clinical social worker

Lissa Merkel, MSW ’14, Draws on Her Experience to Help Others

Lissa Merkel, MSW ’14, a former student in our Mental Health Focus Area, and now a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles California, has faced major health challenges during her life. First, a lengthy stay in a hospital for emergency surgery, and four years ago, kidney failure, resulted in dialysis. She was recently fortunate …

Army National Guard Captain Focuses Service on People as Future Social Worker

Matt Hanson served in the Army National Guard for nearly a decade – on a mostly fulltime/active duty basis and rising to the rank of captain. At one point, he and the soldiers under his command helped facilitate the integration and resettlement of 13,000 Afghan evacuees after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. Now, Matt …