In Their Own Words: Alumni in Social Work

Tina Alexander '11

Since Dartmouth I have worked for a couple of different places, currently I work for the State of Texas working with a team to decided if people get disability benefits  through social security. (10/2014)

Jordyn (Paradis) Hagar '04

I received my Master's in Social Work after leaving Dartmouth and currently practice clinical social work with kids and families, which certainly uses a great deal of my original sociology degree. I also wrote a book a couple of years ago called At Least You'll Be Married to a Doctor: Managing Your Intimate Relationship Through Medical School. It incorporates many themes and concepts that I learned through my sociology degree and combines them with the experiences my husband and I have encountered while he has gone through the medical training process. You can find the book on Amazon.com and more information at my website.

Marisa (Bassett) de la Garza '97

My sociology degree from Dartmouth helped to inspire my love of trying to understand how people think and relate to one another. Since graduating, I went on to earn my Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington. I have been a clinical social worker since 2003 providing psychotherapy, family support, psycho-education, and crisis services to children, adolescents and families in a variety of settings. I currently am the clinical social worker at Rainier Scholars, an academic non-profit whose goal is to support motivated low-income children of color earn a college degree. I think of my sociology degree as the "opening of the door" to my social work career.