Education Equity is Social Work

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Education Equity Is Social Work explores how Kayla’s path in higher education policy and equity leadership reflects the broad, impactful possibilities of a Social Word degree.

Kayla is an MSW alumna whose career centers on educational equity, racial justice, mental health access, and building BIPOC community power. She brings years of experience leading DEI initiatives at UW’s Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence, where she develops equity-driven trainings, community programs, and institutional policy assessments. Her work spans coalition building, culturally relevant program design, and systems-level change across all UW graduate programs. She is committed to transforming structures so that historically underrepresented students can thrive.

Chapters
0:00 Meet Kayla
2:01 What inspired Kayla to pursue an MSW
5:40 Kayla's practicum experience
9:29 Applying the MSW in the workplace
12:19 Advice for MSW students
15:244 UW's Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE)
16:32 Kayla's work at GSEE
18:42 Working in academia as a social worker
22:20 Navigating the current climate
29:29 Kayla's main takeaways
31:14 Kayla's favorite memories from SSW
34:25 Reflections on the MSW curriculum

Learn more about our MSW specializations
https://socialwork.uw.edu/academics/msw/specializations/

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https://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-success/gsee-graduate-student-equity-excellence/

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*This video is a recording of an event from Spring of 2026
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