Emma Slater

Originally from Queens, New York, Emma Slater moved to Colorado in 2020 after graduating from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelors in Psychology and Gender Studies. After living the ski-bum life for a few months and working at an art studio in Boulder, I moved to Denver to further my education at the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU). As a recent graduate from MSU’s Master’s in Social Work program, I am here to serve as Odyssey’s first full-time school social worker. I have a special interest in social-emotional learning, dialectical behavior therapy, and special education.  As a former EL kid from New York City, I deeply value the mission and opportunities Odyssey brings to Denver youth. As a kid who grew up playing on concrete pavement and subway cars, EL education introduced me to the world beyond the city lights—-I credit my EL upbringing to ultimately ending up in beautiful Colorado. EL learning introduced me to a world unknown and taught me how to care for our tender Earth, leading me to a deep passion for sustainability and preservation.  When I am not at Odyssey, you can find me behind a sewing machine, reading a celebrity memoir, on a chair lift at Copper Mountain, creating sustainable jewelry, sweating it out in hot yoga, hanging with friends, or cuddling with my cat, Rufus. 

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