Empowering Latinx Social Workers Through Collaboration with Erica Priscilla Sandoval

In this episode of the Dr. B Show Podcast, Dr. B welcomes Erica Sandoval, Founder of Sandoval Collab, President of the National Association of Social Workers - NYC Chapter, host of the Latinx In Social Work Podcast, and author of Latinx in Social Work: Stories that heal, inspire, and connect communities.

She shares the realities of Latinx communities with racism and microaggressions and how she empowers them through collaboration and community. Erica discusses limiting beliefs and how giving a voice to Latinx social workers is her way of inspiring others into action as well.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Founding Sandoval Collab amidst the pandemic
• Authorship gives a voice to Latinx social workers  
• Bridging the gap through community
• Learn the language of money to enter executive spaces

QUOTES

Erica: "I've always been working with clients as a clinician and I decided, you know what, why don't I just take a leap of faith and get my clinical license and really start my own practice especially because there weren't enough mental health providers for Latinos."

Erica: "It's lonely and infuriating and exhausting to constantly be aware of race and not have the same be true of white colleagues and professors who overwhelmingly make up the profession. So I found solace with other social workers of color that they validated my experience with racism and microaggressions in the workplace and shared similar sights."

Erica: "Erica: "I'm a big, big proponent of training and coaching incredible students and young social workers to ask for raises, to ask for equitable salaries, to really know their worth, to know what their bottomline is, to really understand the language. And if we start speaking that language and supporting each other and not being shy about speaking about money, we're going to be able to enter into these spaces."

You can learn more about Erica in the links below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-priscilla-sandoval-lcsw-483928ba/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latinxinsocialwork/
• Latinx in Social Work Website: https://www.latinxinsocialwork.com/
• Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7af9vAkDZEps8NaHBHACqk?si=e234e7a15d6841d1

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