Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Contact
Smith SSW monogram logo in brown reading Smith College SSW
Education

M.P.H., Washington University St. Louis
Ph.D. candidate, Smith College School for Social Work

Biography

Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales (she/her/hers) is a multilingual licensed clinical social worker and therapist, with experience working with youth and adults. Maldonado-Morales has experience working with children and youth with trauma and grief, immigrant populations, and women and infants in a perinatal setting. Maldonado-Morales has a Masters in Social Work and in Public Health from Washington University in St. Louis, and is currently completing her doctorate in clinical social work at Smith College School for Social Work. Maldonado-Morales feels quality therapeutic services should be something accessible to everyone. Maldonado-Morales strives to work through lenses of equity and social justice to create a therapeutic environment where people can feel heard, valued and safe.