Intern Bios
ERC Interns
ERC's current Intern attends Arizona State University.
Our 1st year Interns are learning the ins and outs of what makes a practice work in this field, including a consistent examination of macro, mezzo, and micro behaviors. We are honored to be able to mutually teach and learn with this cohort; they are dynamic!
Our 2nd year Interns will be building a clinical confidence and working to understand how to run their own ethically sound and social justice-centered practices after graduation.
Jade Hill, 2nd Year, MSW Student
Jade Hill is a public health professional and MSW student who works with marginalized
populations and community stakeholders to ensure equitable access to maternal mental
health care in Utah. After spending the last six years addressing systemic barriers to
care and social services working in clinical, academic, government, non-profit, and
research settings, she is shifting her focus to direct clinical work.
Using a culturally grounded framework and her macro level experience, Jade’s hope is
to cultivate a trusting connection with each client that promotes a space for healing and
growth. Jade considers it an honor to be a part of one’s journey through life while
providing support to navigate and embrace the duality of life’s highs and lows.
Jade completed her Master’s thesis through a policy analysis examining racial
disparities in maternal mortality and has centered reproductive health equity work
throughout her career thus far. She has had the pleasure of managing a patient
advocacy project with Utah Health Policy Project, a federally funded research project
with the University of Utah focused on pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use
disorder, and a team of contact tracers during the COVID-19 response. Currently, she
serves as the Maternal Mental Health Program Specialist at the Utah Department of
Health and Human Services.
Jade holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Promotion from Weber State University, a
Master’s Degree in Public Health from University of New England, and is currently
pursuing a Master’s Degree in Social Work at Arizona State University.