Carla Monteiro currently works as a social worker and is the Founder and President of the Cape Verdean Social Workers Association. She was most recently named to Boston Business Journal’s prestigious 2020 40-Under-40 list. 

Carla earned an associate degree in Human Services and a Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate from Quincy College, her BSW from Bridgewater State University, and an MSW from the Boston College School of Social Work. She serves on the Board of Directors at Nos Di Tchada I Amigos. Carla is a member of the National Association of Black Social Workers, Greater Boston Chapter, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the National Association of Social Workers, MA-Chapter. In 2019, Carla was appointed as one of 277 elected delegates for the National Association of Social Workers Delegate Assembly slate for Massachusetts. She is also a Big Sister with the Big Sisters Association of Greater Boston.

Last year, Carla joined colleagues and refugee organizations to aid migrants during a trip to the border of Arizona/Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In 2017, she traveled to Washington D.C. with Bridgewater State University and Youth Service Opportunity Project (YSOP) to support people who were experiencing homelessness. Carla worked on numerous local political campaigns. She participated on mental health panels and has been a guest speaker at YEAR UP, Shana Bryant Consulting’s Let me Lead Girls Conference, Black Women and Marginalized Genders Conference 2019 (hosted by Violence in Boston), and the Boston Police Department in partnership with Mass Housings Healthy Families Women’s Group.

Carla previously worked with incarcerated men and women at the Suffolk County House of Correction and Nashua Street Jail. Carla is a certified Reiki II Practitioner and currently works for Brigham Health Bridge Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She completed her clinical internships as an ED Social Work Resident and as a Behavioral Neurology Clinical Social Work Resident. Although in the infancy of her career, Carla already has a well-established legacy of relentless advocacy for disenfranchised minorities and those in need. In May 2020, Carla was the honoree for the “Future of Social Work Award” by the National Association of Social Workers-Massachusetts Chapter.