>> First, Temple from the very beginning was the right school for me.
If you think of Russell Conwell and Acres of Diamonds, he created this university
for the very people that I wanted to be involved with and wanted to advocate for.
Working people who needed a place to get a higher education in the evenings,
and I think this school, the diversity of this school and the fabulous professors in the school
of social work gave me the tools, the foundation to go forward.
It was an intense period I would say, classes were challenging,
and these were tough issues we were dealing with.
Social welfare issues are really challenging and they're draining and we all had field placements
where we went out and saw firsthand what society was dealing
with and the inequity in our systems.
So Temple gave me the tools to move on.
I studied at the University of Stockholm afterwards and then Brandeis,
got my Masters degree, but I always think of Temple as the place
that solidified my compassion for the field.
and gave me the basic tools that I would need to go out and advocate for change.