Sarah Gogel, Deputy Director, YouthActionNet® Global Fellow

Ms. Sarah Gogel, LMSW, is Deputy Director for Global Potential and former Development Coordinator and Clinician at PARTNERS program, St. John’s University. She holds her A.B. in Sociology from Harvard College and a Masters in Social Work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work. She has in-depth experience working with diverse at-risk populations, specifically with trauma survivors, youth, the elderly and migrants. Ms. Gogel has worked for eight years in the fields of development, advocacy and human rights in international and national organizations-from corporations like l’Oréal Recherche in France to non-profits like Physicians for Human Rights in Israel, and the International Institute of New Jersey. Originally from Paris, France, Ms. Gogel is a native French speaker, is fluent in English and Spanish, and speaks Hindi and Urdu. She has worked with multiethnic and multicultural populations in India, Israel, Nicaragua, France and the United States. In 2007, she won the Diversity and Ageing award from AARP for her thesis on social isolation among the elderly in France. Ms. Gogel is a Disaster Mental Health Worker for the American Red Cross of Greater New York and represents an NGO at the United Nations in NY headquarters.