Antonio Garcia, PhD, MSW, is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work, and a former child welfare caseworker. Having broad inter-disciplinary training in Psychology, Spanish, and Social Work, he is committed to effectively engaging community stakeholders to shrink the child welfare research to practice gap. Ultimately, his career goal is to increase provider and agency capacity to implement evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions for youth and caregivers.
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