Social Work Alumni Spotlights

Click on each graduate’s name below to view their full profile and learn more about how Carthage prepared them for their career.

Ashley Cedeño
Class Year: ’19
Majors: Social Work
Current Hometown: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Job:
Library Social Worker
“I had the opportunity to complete an internship for three months in Costa Rica. I will always hold that experience dear to my heart, and it could not have happened without Carthage.”

Eleni Kaitson
Class Year: ’18
Majors: Social Work
Job:
Social work intern at Oakwood Junior High and High School in Fithian, Ill., and graduate student at the University of Illinois
“Ðǿմ«Ã½ helped me to become a confident individual. I always had professors and friends that believed in me.”

Dominique Pritchett
Class Year: ’07
Majors: Social Work
Current Hometown: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Job:
Licensed Psychotherapist
“Embrace the understanding that your condition does not have to become your conclusion and you are enough. It’s imperative that you give life your greatest effort because you cannot go back in time and recapture these moments.”

Aubrey Tesch
Class Year: ’21
Majors: Social Work
Current Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin
Job:
Social Worker and Foster Program Coordinator at WisCARES Veterinary Clinic
“I’m passionate about social work and the programs that are there to help people become fantastic social workers.”

Em Walden
Class Year: ’19
Majors: Social Work
Current Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin
Job:
Owner of and Psychotherapist at Branch & Bloom Therapy, LLC
“Connection is crucial in life, and connecting with people when they need support is deeply fulfilling for me.”