Staff Spotlight: Deep Ghosh
Deep Ghosh,LCSW-R
Senior Vice President,
External Affairs and Community Engagement
On staff since 1993
EXPERTISE:
Creation of new program initiatives including HIV prevention, peer education, community service learning, literacy and quality team sports initiatives, capacity-building leadership
PROUDEST MOMENT:
Representing The Child Center at a special awards ceremony for the New York Giants, after their Super Bowl win in 2007. The Child Center was one of two city agencies chosen to receive recognition by Mayor Bloomberg for innovative after school programming.
FAVORITE PART OF HIS JOB:
“More than half of the 300 youth workers who we hire for our programs are high school and college aged; we work closely with them so that, through their jobs, they are able to develop on-the-ground skills that will help them thrive as future teachers, administrators and social workers of tomorrow.”
HOW THE CHILD CENTER HELPS TURN LIVES AROUND:
“We give young people an authentic voice and expect great things from them so they can rise to a higher level, to accomplish more than any of us have.”
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