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As the Director of BSW Practice 教育, 莎拉•约翰逊 is the liaison between students, 大学, and community organizations during the senior year practicum placement. She also teaches undergraduate social work classes 卡内基梅隆大学.

Johnson has worked in a wide variety of health and human services settings in Mesa County since 1999, including child welfare, 卫生保健, intellectual and developmental disabilities, 公共卫生. She believes community power-building is essential to creating equitable and interconnected 系统 that support resilient and thriving communities, and she prioritizes authentic relationships with community members, organizational partners, and traditional decision-makers to achieve systemic solutions to complex challenges. Johnson sees the outdoors as a powerful influence on individual and community wellbeing and previously taught Community Health in the Outdoor Recreation Industry in CMU's Outdoor Recreation Industry Studies program.

Johnson completed her MSW at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, where a strong advanced generalist education prepared her to work productively with diverse populations, 系统, and community contexts. She has a deep love for words, 语言, 和故事, with extensive training in journalism and Spanish and a brief stint living with her family in Guanajuato, 墨西哥. Her favorite ways to spend her free time are mountain biking, 屈膝旋转法滑雪, 阅读, cooking and traveling.