Mar 04 2025 44 mins
We are bringing our inspirational and thought provoking series Cafè y Charla to the podcast. On today’s episode Erica talks about microaggressions in the workplace with who shares their personal experiences and some excerpts from the LatinX in Social Work series.
Guest Information:
Giselle Rodriguez, LCSW, is the Program Coordinator for the Charla de Lupus (Lupus Chat)® program at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). This national program specifically seeks to reach Latinos/Hispanics and African Americans with lupus and their families and offers support and education.
Giselle began her journey as a social worker at CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), where she received an associate degree in human services and graduated with honors. Giselle received her bachelor's degree in social work and a minor in psychology at Long Island University (LIU). At LIU, she received the Dean's Scholar Award for
Clinical Excellence, was President of Phi Alpha Honors Society for Social Work and graduated Cum Laude. She then received her master's degree in social work from CUNY Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College's Advanced Standing Program, specializing in clinical practice with individuals, families & groups. Before joining HSS, Giselle provided individual and group psychotherapy in the Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital. Giselle's clinical knowledge comprises various therapeutic models, including Play Therapy, Family Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Solution Focused Therapy, Group Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Giselle continues to support social workers in the making by speaking to the graduating classes at her alma maters whenever called on. As a Dominican Latina, it gives her a new sense of pride walking into work every day as her true authentic self and supporting our marginalized communities. She hopes that the woman she has evolved into and continues to become would have made her younger self proud.
In her free time, Giselle loves hosting her friends and family at her home while creating delicious meals knowing how much food brings people together. Giselle loves traveling the world and experiencing different cultures and cuisines. She enjoys creating something out of nothing or repurposing things to give them new life. She loves incorporating self-care into her everyday life through the practice of mindfulness, meditation, spa days and relaxing at home—a favorite way of spending time with her cat that she rescued in 2015. Giselle wants to be a pillar of hope for our communities to foster in the new generations of Latinx professionals. In our society, happiness is not usually the driving force when choosing a career; however, she knows that nothing else would make her happier than to be an influential part of someone else's success story.
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