Nancy Floriano

I am currently working at an Independent Living Program through Child Crisis Arizona. I work with youth in helping them obtain the life skills needed to become independent. I am also interning at Catholic Charities working with refugee youth in helping them obtain life skills. For both of these programs, I look for housing and other services they need to be successful. Obtaining my masters in social work, I want to be able to work in a macro level where I can make changes that will help the youth especially the ones that are homeless and are refugees since there are not enough services to help them out.

In being a social work, I enjoy being able to work with people and seeing how the smallest goal a person achieves is satisfying. Knowing that I helped them in someway by providing motivation or filling out an application can make a difference. When I let them know I noticed that they did something on their own, it shows by the response or reaction they get. Going into Macro Social Work, motivates me in continuing to make a change but in bigger way. Whether is fighting towards making a change in a policy or providing awareness of issues that are going on, it helps to know that I am doing something to make that change. I want to continue to fight towards the rights that everyone has and make a change in society.

I enjoy drawing when I have some free time and doing arts and crafts like decorating. I also enjoy listening to music and spending time with my family by going hiking, to the park, and traveling to new places.