Simmons College

Samantha Tarcov Block

Clinical Social Worker, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Samantha Tarcov Block met her first social worker at age 16 when her brother underwent frequent hospitalizations for a chronic illness. Today, she’s the one helping patients and families as a clinical social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.

Victor Ortiz

Admission Coordinator, Y.O.U., Worcester, MA

Victor Ortiz assists children with acute mental health needs as the admissions coordinator for Y.O.U., Inc., a multi-service nonprofit in Worcester, Massachusetts. Working closely with emergency rooms, mobile crisis teams, and families, he determines which treatment program/placement at Y.O.U., Inc. is most appropriate for a child in crisis.

Lynnette Littles

Forensic Social Worker, MHM Services, Inc., at Bridgewater State Hospital, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

As a forensic social worker with MHM Services, Inc., at Bridgewater State Hospital, a facility for incarcerated patients with mental health issues, Lynnette Littles handles a caseload of 21 men charged with or convicted of crimes of assault. A difficult population, to be sure, yet Littles says, “I absolutely love my job.”

Dominique Watson

Clinical Social Worker, Boston Emergency Services Team, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

After graduating from Smith College in 2006, Dominique Watson landed a job in the IT industry. However, with a mother who’s a case manager, a brother who’s an adolescent counselor, and a sister-in-law who’s a recent SSW grad, it wasn’t long before she found herself more interested in working with people than PCs.

Christina Rimelspach

Christina Rimelspach recently became a care coordinator on the Recuperative Services Unit at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale, Massachusetts. From intake to discharge, she handles all aspects of patients’ care plans and plays a vital role on an interdisciplinary team that includes doctors, nurses, and therapists. Committed to helping an aging population, Christina calls the new position her “dream job.”

Anna Mancuso

Clinical Social Worker, The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston, Massachusetts

As a clinical social worker at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Anna Mancuso assists refugees and asylum-seekers searching for a better life. In one day, she may counsel a Kenyan woman fleeing female genital mutilation, support a Tanzanian rape survivor, and advise an Iraqi man about medical coverage.
“I’m providing therapy and psycho-social support to survivors of torture and war trauma,” she explains.