Teaching Associate Glen Gonzalez’s instruction style combines his relevant life experience with nearly 15 years of professional social service practice. Mr. Gonzalez has worked in refugee camps in the Balkan regions of Europe; mentored first-generation migrant farm workers in the Los Primeros/Las Primeras program; served as a pediatric mental health specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit; and worked as social worker for Northwest Defenders Association serving incarcerated adults.

For the past 30 years, Scott Winn has been active in movements for racial, gender, queer and economic justice as a community organizer, educator and racial-equity consultant. In 1994, while a student at the School of Social Work, he was a founding board member of the Seattle-based Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, a people-of-color–led organization that organized with communities of color to challenge environmental racism.

Stephen T. Wilson, lecturer, has been an adjunct faculty member since 1998. Since that time, he has consistently rated one of the School’s most effective and accomplished instructors.

Charlotte Sanders joined the School of Social Work in Dec. 2014 as a teaching associate, serving as the field lead for the School’s newly created Northwest Leaders in Behavioral Health Program. Sanders has been involved in social services for more than 22 years, primarily serving Seattle youth and young adults in different homeless service settings and capacities, ranging from direct service, program management and advocacy. 

Aida Wells is a bilingual and bicultural clinician with interests that focus on health, mental health and a multigenerational health practice. She joined the School of Social Work in 2014 as a lecturer and Field Education faculty member. Prior to joining the School of Social Work, Aida worked for several local medical centers, including Swedish Medical Center, Virginia Mason and most recently Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Poonam Lata has been with CWTAP for more than 20 years. She earned her BS/BA from the University of Washington. She joined CWTAP as a program coordinator and has served in all five CWTAP Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) field practicum sites. She enjoys the engagement with CWTAP students in training for the field of social work as well as the social workers to support children and families.in the DCYF practicum. She is very proud of her Indo-Fijian culture and community and loves to share her knowledge and love with her CWTAP family and students.