Renita Pagan, MSW, Participant Success Manager/Social Worker
Contact: rpagan@gosonyc.org
Renita obtained her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice at Monroe College, and she earned her MSW from Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. She facilitates Wellness Self-Management (WSM) and Cultural Diversity trainings. Through her experience with the homeless population and disadvantaged youth in NYC, Renita has developed a housing readiness pilot and a young women’s mentoring program called OURS: Outstanding United Resilient Sisters to address these individuals’ needs. Her approach focuses on exploring cognitive behavior treatment and trauma-informed treatment. She recently self-published her first children’s book, “My Melanin, Empowering Young Women of Color to Love Themselves by Celebrating Their Beautiful Features.”