WHO AM I AS A SOCIAL WORKER?

I'M NOT TOO MUCH ~ I'M EXACTLY ENOUGH

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WHO AM I AS A SOCIAL WORKER?

      

I’m not broken—I’m breaking cycles.

I didn’t learn this work in a classroom.

I lived it. Survived it. And now I’m flipping the script.

I am a youth of the system who now uses her voice like a weapon for justice.

I speak boldly—but because too many people have been silenced for far too long.

 

-If speaking up makes me unprofessional—maybe the profession needs to change.

 

I am a rebellion in moccasins and lashes.

I am the girl your mother warned you about- BUT...

Not because I’m dangerous, but because I tell the truth.

I am dedicated to justice for those seeking it,

And committed to exposing the systems that continue to marginalize, shame, and oppress us.

Through truth-telling and unapologetic advocacy, I prove that real social work doesn’t begin in textbooks—

 

 

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WHO AM I AS A SOCIAL WORKER?   

It begins in the courage to disrupt the systems that silence the very voices they claim to uplift. I’ve been dismissed. 

I’ve been told I’m “too much.”

I am not too much.

I am just enough.

And I was born to do this work.

I am social justice. I am advocacy.

I am community support. I am passion, compassion, and integrity— With no tolerance for anyone who tries to silence, suppress, or speak over others.

Because everyone deserves a voice—and I will use mine to make sure they’re heard.

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WHO AM I AS A SOCIAL WORKER ?     

I am navigation in challenging situations.

I am real. Raw. Realistic.

I’ve walked through hell and made a roadmap.

 

I don’t offer pity.

I offer presence, truth, and action.

 

I’m not here for glory.

I’m here to help even just one person feel seen, heard, and supported.

 

To remind them they matter—because they do. Always.

I advocate for those buried in the criminal justice system,

 

For those who never got a fair shot,

For those who just need someone to walk beside them as they find their way back.

 

I am networked, grounded, and ready to help.

I stand in my truth for those who’ve been forgotten.

 

You don’t have to be a therapist to be therapeutic.

 

You just have to be real.

And that’s what I am.

 

If social work isn’t grounded in lived experience, it’s just policy theatre.

And I don’t act—I advocate.

 

This is social work the way it should be— Rooted in lived experience. Grounded in community. Unapologetically loud.

 

And I’m just getting started.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

— Desmond Tutu