Sarah Wasch, MSW, is the Field Center’s Associate Director, where she coordinates a range of child welfare research, training, advocacy, and practice initiatives. A social worker with more than two decades of experience in child welfare and social services, Sarah has held practice, advocacy, and supervisory roles in programs serving children, youth, and families in residential treatment, foster care, and educational settings. Her work focuses particularly on improving outcomes for young people with foster care experience, including expanding access to and success in higher education. Sarah also coordinates the Field Center’s Multidisciplinary Student Training Institute, preparing graduate students in social work, law, education, and related fields to work collaboratively on child welfare issues. She holds a BA in Child Development and Sociology from Tufts University and an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sarah Wasch, MSW
Associate Director, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research
