The Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE’s) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is pleased to announce the third Now is the Time: MFP-Youth Master’s Student Cohort. The fellowship for advanced social work master’s students is funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The fellowship offers financial and other supports to direct-practice focused students who are committed to providing mental health services to at-risk children, adolescents, and young adults aged 16–25 in underserved minority communities. The name and university of each member of the MFP-Youth (MFP-Y) 2016–2017 cohort follows.
- McEllen Alfred, University of Louisville
- Jessica Attas, University of Chicago
- Alyssa Budros, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- K. Tajhi Claybren, University of Chicago
- Terrill Coles, Howard University
- Neshea Cundiff, University of Tennessee
- Rukiya Davis, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Elle de la Cruz, University of California, Berkeley
- Wilza Descardes, Columbia University
- Jennifer Escobar, University of Chicago
- Katie Esser, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Fernando Gonzalez III, Erikson Institute
- Natali Gutierrez , University of South Florida
- Emily Hanlon, The Ohio State University
- Eva Hodosy, University of Connecticut
- Simone Ingram, Dominican University
- Whitney Johnson, California State University, Fullerton
- Luis Juarez, University of Southern California
- Emily Karpinski, The University of Texas at Austin
- Brittani Kindle, University of Chicago
- Felicia Knox, University of Michigan
- Nga Wing Lau, Lehman College
- R. "Micky" Mack, California State University, Long Beach
- Erica Nellessen, University of Southern California
- Alexandria Okeke, University of Pennsylvania
- Jessica Orellana, University of Southern California
- Khushbu Patel, University of Chicago
- Pennyrose Perez, University of Oklahoma
- Veronica Philipsborn, University of Chicago
- Annette Popernik, University of Illinois
- Brenda Reavis, University of Chicago
- Pablo David Rodriguez, University of Pennsylvania
- Erica Salazar-Greenstein, University of Denver
- Jessica Tapia, Loyola University Chicago
- Karissa Viebeck, Rutgers University
- Kira White, University of Pennsylvania
- Jason Woodford, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Kotrish Wright, Florida State University
- Mikhael Yitref, University of Chicago
For more information about MFP-Y, visit the website link or contact mfpy@cswe.org.