Carrie Vander Hoek, LMSW is one of the Young Center’s Deputy Program Directors and shares coverage of the Harlingen, San Antonio, Houston, and DC offices. Carrie previously filled the Managing Social Worker and Child Advocate Supervisor Social Worker positions in the Harlingen, TX office. Carrie began her work with the unaccompanied and refugee children as an undergrad intern at Bethany Christian Services Unaccompanied Refugee Minor and Long Term Foster Care Programs in Grand Rapids, MI. After graduation, Carrie then moved to the Rio Grande Valley and began working as an Americorps volunteer with the Mennonite Voluntary Services at South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR). Carrie then went on to work in the domestic foster care system as a social service worker and supervisor for a therapeutic foster care agency, The Bair Foundation. Prior to joining the Young Center, she worked with General Dynamics IT as a Case Coordinator for 5 years and as a Supervisory Case Coordinator for almost 2.5 years. Carrie earned her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Calvin College and earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from The University of New England.