WRITING
Reflections and field notes from social work practice.
Essays on professional identity, language access, and social work practice.
Two Weeks at CHOP: What Pediatric Hospital Social Work Is Teaching Me
A medically sound plan is only the beginning. Two weeks into my placement, I am learning to ask what would make that plan possible in a child’s actual life.
Working in Social Work Through a Second Language: How I Built My Own Strengths
English did not become an automatic advantage. It became an added cost, a form of training, and eventually a set of professional habits: clarify rather than assume, prepare carefully, follow through, and treat language access as part of equitable care.
MSW REFLECTION · YEAR ONEAfter One Year in an American MSW Program, I Began to Rethink Social Work
Five assumptions I brought into social work—and how professional training changed the way I understand care, boundaries, systems, questions, and people.
FIELD NOTES · AUGUST 2026Seven Lessons I’m Carrying into Hospital Social Work
Before beginning my advanced-year placement at CHOP, I asked hospital social workers what they wished every newcomer understood. Their answers became a practical guide to belonging, learning, and growing in a medical setting.
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Professional identity & MSW learning
Essays on language, identity, ethics, and how social work education is changing the way I understand people and practice.
Field Notes · Hospital social work
A practical series on entering healthcare practice, learning across disciplines, and building professional judgment.