Katrina Stewart (she/her) is a nontraditional transfer student from the South Bay Area studying Social Welfare. Her own experiences with addiction and recovery have shaped both her education and the work she hopes to do afterwards. She plans to become an LCSW working at the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal justice system, with a focus on trauma and substance use. She hopes to bring the values of compassion, accountability, and equity into both clinical practice and criminal justice policy.
Katrina has found community that nurtures her long-term recovery at Cal in CRP and hopes to help other students find the same. She is passionate about challenging the stigma surrounding addiction and creating spaces where people in or seeking recovery are recognized not only for what they have overcome, but for the insight, strengths, and perspectives their experiences have given them. She is grateful to be part of a community that not only welcomes students’ experience, strengths, and hopes, but that celebrates recovery as something worth being proud of.