SWAG Awards Series | Dr. Angela Campbell: From Foster Youth to Social Work Visionary

In this episode of the Goddesses of Social Work Podcast, part of the SWAG Awards Series honoring Service, Wellness, Advocacy, and Growth, I sit down with Dr. Angela Campbell, a social work leader, racial equity advocate, healer, and 2023 SWAG Award recipient whose life embodies transformation and purpose.

From her beginnings as a foster youth navigating systems not designed for her, to her education at Bennett College, the University of Pittsburgh, and later her DSW at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Campbell has spent her life proving what becomes possible when lived experience, sisterhood, and divine alignment meet.

Together we explore: ✨ How foster care, kinship care, and mentorship shaped her calling into social work 📚 Her journey from frontline case management to becoming a racial equity fellow transforming child welfare policy 🎨 The “therapeutic art” space she created where youth manifested confidence, creativity, and community 🖤 The impact of hyper-surveillance on Black families — and why racial equity work is essential, urgent, and deeply personal 🔮 How intuition, tarot, and spiritual discernment support her healing work and leadership 🌺 The inspiration behind her new poetry collection, Healing the Inner Child

Dr. Campbell’s story is a powerful reminder that what happens to us can become what happens for us — and that healing, purpose, and self-defined success are always possible.

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