Paola is Certified member of the Ontario Association of Child and Youth Care, and a Registered Social Worker. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Care (Humber College) Specialized Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (York University) and a Master of Social Work (University of Toronto).
Paola has been working in the field of child and youth care for almost 20 years. She has worked in community, school, day treatment, hospital, residential, and community mental health settings, and is currently working in private practice. Paola’s passion for the profession, and the hope to inspire future practitioners led her to teaching in 2010, and she has been teaching at Centennial College since 2016.