Debora Ortega
Contact:
Associate Professor
Director, University of Denver Latino Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship
PhD, University of Washington
Craig Hall, Room 377
Telephone: 303-871-3359
E-mail: Debora.Ortega@du.edu
Areas of interest:
- social work with Latinos/as
- child welfare
- foster care
- culturally-responsive practice
- race-related stress and family therapy
Prof. Debora Ortega is the lead instructor for the multicultural sequence. She also serves as director of the University of Denver Latino Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship, an interdisciplinary group of faculty members who engage in scholarship, research and service for the benefit of the Latino community.
Prof. Ortega has authored and co-authored numerous journals articles, book chapters and grant reports, and she has given presentations at state, regional, national and international conferences. Her many grant-funded projects include private provider training, programs to assist youth transitioning from foster care, evaluation of a juvenile mediation project and a three-year effort to develop models of effective child welfare with Hispanic families.
Ortega received the 2007-08 Outstanding Faculty Award from the University's Center for Multicultural Excellence. In Denver, she serves on the Mayor's Commission on Early Childhood Education.
"Social work isn't something you do--it's who you ARE."
