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About Sharon Papo, LCSW

EDUCATION 

  • Master's degree from UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare
  • B.A. in Women’s Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz


LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), State of CA 
  • Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University


HONORS

  • Sharon was recently honored by the City of Santa Cruz when they named Jan. 12, 2021 Sharon Papo Day in recognition of Sharon’s intersectional movement building, creating anti-racist consciousness and action, and advocacy for the LGBTQ community


Sharon has extensive experience supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion including: 

  • Acted as thought partner, advisor, and key relationship manager on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues for numerous local businesses, government officials including mayors and congress people, schools, and community organizations 
  • Provided 50+ speeches and trainings for up to 300 attendees on diversity issues 
  • Being a health equity advocate (specifically focused on the health disparities of Black youth) while executive director of 3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic 
  • Started a Pajaro Valley Advisory Committee to bring Latinx (gender neutral term for Latino/a) community leaders together for the Diversity Center 
  • Won lawsuit against the federal government (representing the Diversity Center) for discriminatory executive order that would have banned diversity trainings for federal contractors
  • Co-produced conference on race and racism in the LGBTQ community 
  • Co-facilitated multi-session discussion group about whiteness and white privilege
  • Managed team that trained 500 healthcare workers about transgender healthcare
  • During executive director tenure, increased Diversity Center Board demographics from an almost all-white Board to intentional shifting of Board demographics to matching county census demographics

Copyright © 2021 Sharon Papo - All Rights Reserved. 

PapoConsulting@gmail.com * 831-345-2056

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