About Me

Aselefech Evans, MSW, LSWAIC

Clinical  Social Worker/Therapist

About me: I am originally from Shashemene, Ethiopia. I grew up in the DC Metropolitan area, where I spent most of my childhood and adulthood. I currently reside in Seattle, WA, with my daughter and our cat, Luna Buna.

Before becoming a clinical social worker, I spent over 10 years in healthcare and public health, working with nonprofit and government organizations. I provided strategic leadership, oversight, assessments, compliance, training, facilitation, and coaching, with a focus on helping individuals and organizations address health inequities and disparities across communities and populations.

I am a published author and have dedicated 17 years of my personal and professional career advocating for the rights of adopted, trafficked, and stolen children from Ethiopia.

Values: Interdependence, self-expression, freedom, creativity, love, collectivism, autonomy, justice, spirituality, forgiveness, self-acceptance, and humor. 

Hobbies: Coloring, hiking, gardening, swimming, horseback riding, traveling, reading, interior design, fashion, museums, arts, music, and adventures.

Education

• Masters of Social Work, Integrative Health, University of Washington,  2022.

• Bachelor of Science,  Sociology, Bowie State University, 2015.

Trainings/Certifications

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in the Treatment of Mood, Anxiety and Eating Disorders.

• Being Neurodivergent in a Neurotypical World.

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

Publications

• Author/Editor. (2022). Lions Roaring Far from Home: An Anthology by Ethiopian Adoptees.

• Author. (2024). Public Health Accountability in Action: The King County Pandemic and Racism Community Advisory Group. Public Health Reports, 139 (1_suppl), 30S–36S.