From my EMU news feed comes this, “Dr. Elvia Krajewski-Jaime Recognized as 2008 NASW Social Worker of the Year.” From the press release:
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is delighted to name Elvia Krajewski-Jaime, MSW, PhD, the 2008 Social Worker of the Year. Dr. Krajewski-Jaime is a dedicated advocate, committed to the needs of Latino and African American elderly and impoverished families with multicultural healthcare needs.
As president of the Organization of Latino Social Workers, she is a role model, standing up for Latino issues such as immigration and healthcare. In order for her students at Eastern Michigan University to understand poverty and health care issues first hand, she established an education exchange program taking social work students to Mexico. This provided them with an experience that will advance their work as social workers.
“Dr. Krajewski-Jaime has made contributions to individuals, families and communities and is an outstanding model for social workers whose commitment is to social change and social justice,” notes Dr. Elizabeth Clark, executive director of NASW.
After immigrating from Mexico, Dr. Krajewski-Jaime earned a Master of Social Work from Temple University and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a professor at the Eastern Michigan University School of Social Work where she looks to the community needs to guide programming and outreach.
Congratulations, Elvia!
Dr. Elvia is a model of how to get campuses to work together with the community. She has mentored many faculty and students on campus about how to put together projects that get the job done – myself included.