Reena Patel
Reena Patel, MSW, is the Director of Education for the Trauma Resource Institute. She earned her Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. Ms. Patel received the NASW Emerging Social Work Leader of the Year for AZ Chapter Branch II in 2018. Ms. Patel has worked on the San Carlos Apache Reservation and with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe as a mental health therapist. Ms. Patel taught as a Faculty Associate for Arizona State University School of Social and has taught courses in Diversity and Oppression in Social Work Context. Ms. Patel has a deep interest in the multigenerational effects of trauma and post-traumatic growth in marginalized communities. She has traveled domestically and internationally as a Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®. Ms. Patel traveled to India with TRI as part of the SEE Learning Program launch and helped to translate media materials into Hindi.
