Episode 2: Charity vs. Solidarity: Lessons from the US-El Salvador Sister Cities

Leigh Beck is a licensed clinical social worker, certified nature informed therapist, and a graduate of the DSW program at Tulane University. Dr. Beck is a well rounded micro and macro social worker with an expertise in substance use and harm reduction. She currently owns a counseling and consulting practice in Baltimore County, MD. Dr. Beck's father originally introduced her to U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities as a child and she went on her first delegation while in high school. Decades later, she continues to be involved as co-president of the organization.

Patrice Forrester is a licensed clinical social worker and is a graduate of the PhD SSW program at University of Maryland Baltimore. Patrice has experience providing mental health services to children, teenagers, and adults affected by trauma and chronic mental illness. She is a volunteer with the grassroots organization US-El Salvador Sister Cities that promotes social justice in Latin America and the US. She also provides mental health therapy and wellness groups in private practice in MD and DC