Milwaukee Southeast Social Work Month Event: Understanding Immigration, Healthcare and Food Insecurity

This NASW-WI In person workshop will discuss how recent policy changes are impacting some of the most venerable clients. Social workers will walk away with a better understanding of how they can support their clients.

Gabriela Diéguez Hurtado, MSW, LCSW earned her Masters in Social Work at UW-Milwaukee. She has worked as a bilingual therapist for twenty years at Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers (SSCHC) providing services to an inner-city population in Milwaukee. Gabriela is a generalist provider who enjoys being a witness to growth and change when working with children, adults, elderly, and families. Gabriela is the coordinator of students for the Behavioral Health Department at SSCHC. She has also collaborated on two research projects with Latinos, one with UW- Milwaukee on Behavioral Activation and the other with Marquette University on Attention Deficit Disorders. Gabriela spends her free time as a volunteer with Common Ground doing community organizing in Milwaukee’s Southside, as a board member at her church and enjoying the arts scene in the city.