MinnPost: Indian social workers bring experience to community

Thursday, August 9, 2012  

"With four words, Korina Barry sums up her teens, the times and impetus that helped put her in the chair where she sits today, aiding others.

“It’s been a ride,’’ she says.

Those were make-or-break years. “I struggled with school and [home life] not being stable. I didn’t really know how to deal with my father being in prison and my mom really not being in my life because she had her own issues going on. I just kind of rebelled,’’ she can see now.

Now 25 and a social worker in the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) long-term foster-care unit at Hennepin County, Barry brings her experiences as a child in turmoil and her life experiences as an American Indian to those who need help."

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