Are Learning Life anD learning can last a lifetiMe EMAGES Interns “Initially I came to study and become a drug
counselor. Bu t at EMAGES I learned how to not only be a drug counselor but also let my clients know that I’m there for them, and let them know that it’s not me against them but that we’re working together. It was a truly ‘lived experience’, and so much more than only a study period for me.”
Education is a sacred key to our future. Any and all of our success as a culture is rooted in education and all of our failures rooted in ignorance. At EMAGES interns willingly walk into some of our society’s hottest fires to provide not only therapy but their empathy and their love as well. In January of 2022, Miss Markeeta Sims arrived to help, study, learn and grow. A Kennedy-King College student focusing on advanced social work and addiction studies, Miss Sims was ideally educated for her EMAGES duties and entered the program filled with passion. Diving into her anger management and mental health groups, it was here where, as she recently shared-
In addition to working directly with clients and learning directly through their life experiences, Miss Sims deeply appreciated the comprehensive range of studies that encompassed all of her previous academic endeavors and then put them into action.
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