SOCIAL WORKER, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
CAREER TIPS
"1. Follow your passion. I know it's very cliché, but working in a field that you're passionate about makes it easier to get up in the morning.
2. Continue learning. You will wake up one day and notice that there is a lot you don't know. Be a lifelong learner and you'll always be prepared for the next step.
3. Take care of yourself. In social work, we talk about taking care of the self to help others. So if that means reading a good book, catching up with friends, or taking yourself on a date, do it."
MORE ABOUT EBONY
Ebony Wright Campbell, DSW is a licensed school social worker at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York. She has had a successful and meaningful career working with high school youth, but her path has been a challenging one. As a sophomore in high school, she lost her mother in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. This was a devastating loss to Ebony but one that did not stop her from fulfilling her goal—and a dream of her mother’s—of getting her bachelor’s degree. She entered the University of Hartford’s Hillyer College, then moved on to the College of Arts and Sciences to earn a bachelor’s in sociology in 2004. She has a master’s in social work from Hunter College and recently completed her doctorate from Capella University in 2017. Ebony is affiliated with the New York State School Social Workers Association and in 2014, was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from Hillyer College.
It was at the University of Hartford where Ebony develop her passion for working with young people, which led her to pursue her career in social work. Her future plan is to work in higher education to make a difference for students the way her mentor, DeLois Lindsey, did for her.
In her free time she volunteers with College Summit, helping high school students through the college application process. She enjoys traveling the globe with key club students and staff from her current school, getting together with her closest friends (also UHart alums) for dinner and laughs, and serving in the choir ministry at her home church.
