#CLASSOF2026CHANGEMAKERS
Highlighting Some 2026 “Double Rams”

Our Advanced Standing program is allowing these three grads (among many more) to make their impact sooner. Better yet, they’re all also graduates of our BASW program — so you know they’re primed for changemaking!

From left to right: Emma Morino, Nathaly Fernandez, and Meagan Cunney. Fordham Now grabbed some great quotes from each of them about their Fordham experience.

Meagan Cunney
Undergraduate Major: Social Work
Field Placements: Nicholas Scoppetta Children’s Center, Woodlands Middle High School (Greenburgh, New York)

“Fordham’s commitment to service and social justice is a major part of what makes the Graduate School of Social Service experience so unique. The multiple campuses across New York give students the opportunity to engage with diverse communities and better understand real-world social issues through firsthand experience. The combination of classroom learning and fieldwork helped shape my perspective and strengthened my passion for social work. The phrase ‘New York is my campus, Fordham is my school’ truly reflects the experience of learning not only in the classroom but also through the city and communities around you.”

Nathaly Fernandez
Undergraduate Major: Social Work
Field Placements: Nicholas Scoppetta Children’s Center, Fund for the City of New York

“My internship and fellowship experiences helped me connect everything I was learning in the classroom to real-life practice. Another thing that made grad school easier for me was feeling represented and supported. I had professors who looked like me, shared similar stories, and understood the experiences many students of color and first-generation students go through. That representation mattered because it reminded me that success in this field was possible for someone like me, too. Overall, graduate school was definitely not easy, but the people, education, mentorship, and support system I found at Fordham made the experience incredibly meaningful and life-changing.”

Emma Morino
Undergraduate Majors: Social Work, Classical Civilization
Field Placement: Association to Benefit Children

“I knew I wanted to go into social work by my spring semester of sophomore year. I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do after school that would have a real impact on the world and the people around me, so I took an intro to social work class, and from day one, it was like, ‘Ahhh, this is the field for me.’ One additional year compared to two made a big difference. I don't know if I would have been able to do two more years straight after undergrad, and I think I would have had a really hard time starting back up in school if I had taken some time off. The accelerated program made it so much easier because I already knew the professors, classmates, and how the program works.”