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Stories of Growth: A Mentor Mentee Journey with Rosita Marinez, MS-NPL, ADV-CSW, MSW and Pilar O. Bonilla, MSW

September 16, 2025 • Erica Sandoval

We celebrate 2025 Hispanic Heritage month’s theme "Collective Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future" with great conversation between mentors and Mentees. Erica is talking to the authors of with Latinx/e In Social Work Volume 3 along with their Madrinas/Padrinos (mentors) for a look into the process of what it takes to build community in the social work field. She is joined by Vol. 3 Author Pilar O. Bonilla, MSW and her Mentor / Madrina Rosita Marinez, MS-NPL, ADV-CSW, MSW, about supports, mentorship, and community.

More about our guest:

Rosita Marinez is the Senior Vice President of Supportive Housing at the Institute for Community Living. She manages the country’s largest NY OMH housing portfolio for people with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders. A social work executive and LIHTC-certified consultant. She has developed several programs in housing, mental health, and HIV/AIDS. She is also a mentor for RELISH and various mentorship programs.

You can contact her below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosita-marinez-a1443966/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/rosita.marinez/
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/rositamarinez.bsky.social

Pilar O. Bonilla, MSW, earned her Master of Social Work degree from Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work. As a self-described social justice worker, Pilar is actively involved in the Payment for Placements (P4P) movement, the Social Worker Equity Campaign (SWEC), and the #StopASWB Campaign—advocating for racial, gender, and socioeconomic justice through collective action that is needed for long-term change.

You can contact her below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pilar-o-bonilla/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/daringly_myself/
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/daringlymyself.bsky.social

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