{"id":327,"date":"2019-03-19T12:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-03-19T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:34:40","slug":"diana-cabezas-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/2019\/03\/19\/diana-cabezas-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Cabezas ’14"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 Graduate- BA\/MA Program in General Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now working as a case worker for an immigration and refugee non-profit organization<\/strong><\/p>\n

I started at Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß in 2009, and as a freshman was unsure of what major to declare. I found myself switching constantly until my first semester as a sophomore, when I discovered an interest in psychology. I became fascinated with the courses offered and developed great relationships with the professors and students. Through the courses and relationships with faculty, I became more involved in the field. My primary goal was to obtain a Bachelor\u2019s degree in four years. Little did I think that I would leave with a Bachelors and a Masters degree in psychology, all in only 5 years!<\/p>\n

I applied to the Psychology Department\u2019s BA\/MA Program in General Psychology in early April of 2012. I was unsure of what to expect as a member of the BA\/MA class, yet I was eager to learn. I was interested in clinical or counseling psychology, but was not sure if I wanted to commit the additional 4 plus years to a Ph.D. program- at least not just yet. I believed that the BA\/MA program would allow me to acquire more skills in order to find a job close to my interest.<\/p>\n

The program did that and much more! Not only did I graduate in May 2014 with a Masters, but I found a job as a case worker for an immigration and refugee service in a non-profit organization. There I will be working with families and children who have been separated, helping them reunite and adjust to their new situations. To say the least I am amazed and glad to work for this organization because my Master\u2019s Thesis examined how Latino immigrants coped with and adjusted to their new homes and communities in the United States. I feel that I can definitely apply the knowledge I obtained from my research to my new job. I am looking forward to this new opportunity and I am glad I enrolled in the BA\/MA program. It helped me to define and pursue my interests and to develop lasting friendships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psychology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}