ALT A portrait photo of an African American woman smiling looking into the camera with long breaded hair wearing a brown suit jacket in front of a multi-colored background. There is a name tag at the bottom of the portrait photo and it reads, "Anna Ortega-Williams, Assistant Professor, BSW Program Director." To the left there is a purple gradient overlay with text. The title text reads, “Social Work Month.” The text below that reads, "Transformational Social Work is: humble" Then the block quote text below that reads, "Working with students as an educator, researcher and now as the BSW Program Director at Silberman, enlivens my hope. I'm excited to dream about what is possible."

ALT A portrait photo of an African American woman smiling looking into the camera with long breaded hair wearing a brown suit jacket in front with multi-colored background. There is a name tag at the bottom of the portrait photo and it reads, "Anna Ortega-Williams, Assistant Professor, BSW Program Director." To the left there is a purple gradient overlay with text. The block quote text reads, "Transformational social work is humble. It acknowledges strengths and where the edges of our growth and edges meet. Transformational social work is hopeful, aspirational, and riddled with mistakes. It is born from relationships, connections, moments of repair and dreaming. It centers the building of community, love, and reckons with how we exert power over each other from our relative positions in the Matrix. Transformational social work helps us remember that something else is possible when we most are exhausted and feel like giving up. It's a catalyst and base."