Sasha Duttchoudhury, MSW

Sasha is a recent Master’s graduate from the UW School of Social Work. Since graduating from the UW in 2013 with a BA in English, Sasha has been a South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) Young Leaders Institute Fellow (2014), co-edited “Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family” (2015), and has been a Voices of Our Nation’s Arts (VONA) Fellow (2016). Recently, Sasha was recognized as part of the UW’s Husky 100 (2022) for their work in social justice-oriented therapy practice.

In addition to involvement in Seattle-local and national organizing around racial and gender justice, Sasha has also staffed the Comparative History of Idea’s Department “LGBTQ Communities, Public Health, and Migration in Mexico” study abroad program (2017, 2018) under the direction of Dr. Anu Taranath. Now as an emerging social worker, Sasha is committed to working at the intersection of equity, education, and mental health.