Anna Samel Lcsw

Anna Samel, LCSW has extensive work experience in various roles within the social work and education fields.

From 2018 to the present, Anna has served as the Social Work Director at Comp Sci High, where they are responsible for providing individual and group counseling to mandated and at-risk students. Anna also designs and implements school-wide social and emotional learning initiatives.

Prior to this, Anna worked as a Founding Social Worker at Comp Sci High from 2018 to 2021, delivering individual and group counseling to students. Anna also designed and implemented social and emotional learning initiatives at the school.

From 2017 to 2018, Anna was a Clinical Social Work Intern at Steps To End Family Violence. In this role, they provided trauma-informed counseling in English and Spanish to survivors of domestic violence. Anna also conducted intakes and assessments and collaborated with clients to develop treatment goals and interventions.

Anna gained experience as a Clinical Social Work Intern at the Henry Street Settlement Senior Center from 2016 to 2017. In this position, they provided needs assessments, case management, and supportive counseling to a caseload of ten clients. Anna also led activity and discussion groups and conducted outreach to potential clients.

From 2013 to 2016, Anna worked at Achievement First in various roles. As an 8th Grade Learning Specialist, they differentiated instruction in writing and history for the 8th-grade CTT classroom, taught guided reading for grades 5-8, and conducted IEP meetings for 8th-grade students with special needs. Anna also served as a Teacher in Residence, teaching vocabulary, reading, co-teaching science, and substituting in math, history, science, and enrichment classes.

Anna's early career included being a Match Corps Tutor at Match Education from 2012 to 2013, where they tutored high school students in English and served as a Spanish I and II teaching assistant. Anna also served as the school choir director.

Additionally, Anna interned at Boston Urban Teaching Fellows in 2012, Generation Citizen as a student mentor from 2010 to 2010, and the National Council on US-Arab Relations as an intern from 2010 to 2010. Anna also worked as an Assistant Teacher at The GO Project in 2009.

Overall, Anna Samel, LCSW has a diverse background in social work and education, with a focus on counseling, program design, and implementation.

Anna Samel, LCSW completed their education with a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree in Clinical Social Work from Hunter College between 2016 and 2018. Prior to that, they pursued a Master's degree in Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching at Relay Graduate School of Education from 2013 to 2015. Anna'sundergraduate education was at Brown University from 2008 to 2012, where they focused on Education Studies with a specialization in History and Policy.