{"id":247,"date":"2022-01-09T09:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=247"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:58:32","slug":"dominique-watts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2022\/dominique-watts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique Watts, Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Dominique Watts, Student\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Watts_Dominique_800x800px.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominique lives in Montreal, and in 2019, she graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Sociology. She volunteered and worked for summer day camps and after-school programs that provided programs for children and youth, and worked for organizations working with women, families, and Montreal\u2019s homeless population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominique has always been passionate about helping people. She was drawn to the nonprofit sector because of the opportunities to help build and contribute to effective and meaningful services that provide assistance and positive change in the lives of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She&#8217;s also learned from her past work and volunteer experiences that effective community impact requires more than having a passion and desire to help people. Being successful in providing real and long-term change requires effective program evaluation, leadership, and organizational development skills, as well as policy-making that&#8217;s solution-oriented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what drew her to the MPNL program in particular. She hopes that this program will provide her with the necessary skills and insights that will help her to promote community well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominique lives in Montreal, and in 2019, she graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Sociology. She volunteered and worked for summer day camps and after-school programs that provided programs for children and youth, and worked for organizations working with women, families, and Montreal\u2019s homeless population. 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