Janine Vasconcelos, MSW, LSW, is the Coordinator of the Professional Education Program. She graduated from Rider University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and earned her Master’s in Social Work from Monmouth University. Her experiences include advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the foster care system, working overseas at an international human rights agency, providing case management to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral challenges, and directing constituent services in a New Jersey legislative district. Her interests include international social work and community service, human rights, women’s issues, and child and social welfare.