Emily Nash Interview
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2021-08-20
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Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
Department of Religious Studies
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This interview is with Emily Nash, a case manager and aspiring social worker in Austin. Emily reflects on her upbringing, including growing up lower class and the influences that caused her to pursue social work as a career. She discusses her current job as a case manager for elderly and disabled clients in Austin. Emily talks about how the Texas Freeze impacted the health and safety of her clients, as well as its impact on her own mental health and the state at large.
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Religions Texas , Agnostics , Austin , COVID-19 , Culture shock , Disabilities , Family dynamics , First-generation Americans , Honduran-Americans , Honduras , Immigrant parents , Languages , Language barriers , Latinx , Marginalized communities , Marginalized communities , Mental health , Millennials , Mutual aid , Social workers , Socio-economic class , Spanish , Spiritual , Texas , Texas Freeze , The University of Houston , The University of Texas , Wealth inequality