Presentations

Culturally Sustainable Self-Care: A Tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Field Experience (CSWE APM 2025, ePoster)

Self-Care Accountability Buddies: Developing a Future Rooted in Wellness (NASW 2025, Poster)

Self-Care Accountability Buddies: A Student Wellness Practice (NCORE 2025)

Establishing a Culturally Grounded Wellness Practice for Emerging Social Work Professionals (NCORE 2024, Presentation)

Culturally Grounded Wellness & Wellbeing: Self-Care Planning in Field Education and Beyond (CSWE APM 2024)

Self Care Accountability Buddies: Students Managing Wellness in a Pandemic (Kapiʻolani CC Summer Camp 2022)

Self Care Accountability Buddies:  Students Managing Wellness in a Pandemic (CSWE APM, Student Summit, 2022)

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