Serving in the Army National Guard has inspired one WVU student to pursue a career combating stigmas surrounding mental health. Green Bank native Dustin Dilley, a first-year Master of Social Work student, first learned about the social work profession while completing the National Guard’s basic leader course in South Carolina.
Since joining WVU’s School of Social Work in fall 2019, he has interned at the WVU Medicine United Summit Center’s Fairmont clinic. Dilley supports outpatient therapy sessions with individuals from ages 4 through late-50s, many of whom are managing substance use disorder or are affected by family members who struggle with it.