Meet the New NASW-CA Interns!

Debbie McCart
I am currently a first-year graduate student in the MSW program at Sacramento State University where I received my BSW in May 2014. I am excited about the opportunity to intern with NASW CA. I am excited about the prospect of following the bills from inception to actually getting into Legislation and possibly becoming laws. I am eager to see how the language of the bills change and develop over the next few months before Lobby Days. I feel I am in an excellent position to experience firsthand the Social Worker role in advocacy for social justice through social policy. I am more interested in the macro-level of social work and so this is a great fit for me. I look forward to an exciting internship here at the NASW under the tutelage of Janlee Wong and Rebecca Gonzales.

Rajeshwari Prasad
My name is Rajeshwari Prasad. I am currently a second-year graduate student of social work at USC and intern at NASW-CA. Before this, I attended UC-Davis, where I graduated with a BS degree in psychology and minor in English.

Social work is an expansive field and I am most interested in its macro-level aspects such as policy development, research, advocacy, community outreach, program planning and evaluation. These interests were developed in 2011, when I began working at Empower Yolo as a victim advocate for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Some of my other interests include public health and education. I have been volunteering for Kaiser Permanente’s hospice program since 2009, where I provide support to terminally ill individuals and respite to their family members. I have also worked with middle and high school students who are enrolled in the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program as well.

After graduation, I hope to continue fostering my passion for women’s issues, reducing health disparities in marginalized communities and promoting quality education in the K-12 public school system.

LaToya Ramsey, MSW Student
LaToya is a second-year MSW student at USC. Prior to graduate school she earned her BA in psychology from CSUS. LaToya is excited to learn about the different ways she can be of service as a social worker in policy.