Anna Ortega-Williams
Silberman School of Social Work
Anna Ortega-Williams, LMSW, PhD is a Black social work scholar, educator, & practitioner deeply inspired by intergenerational healing. She has been a social worker rooted in community-based practice for 25 years. She is an Associate Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in New York City and Director of the Bachelor of Social Work Program. Dr. Ortega-William's participatory, social justice-based research focuses on historical trauma, posttraumatic growth, and land-based healing to expand conceptualizations of trauma recovery. As a Black queer mom, born and raised in low-income public housing in the Bronx, NY she is committed to expanding critical social work practice to expand how we promote joy, healing, social justice, love, deep laughter, and hope.
