{"id":1628,"date":"2025-10-30T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shp.rutgers.edu\/annual-report\/?page_id=1628"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:15:06","slug":"finding-her-calling-in-counseling-and-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shp.rutgers.edu\/community-impact-report\/finding-her-calling-in-counseling-and-song\/","title":{"rendered":"FINDING HER CALLING IN COUNSELING\u2014 AND SONG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1628\" class=\"elementor elementor-1628\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cef704 elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7cef704\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfc990b\" data-id=\"cfc990b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2806713 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2806713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finding Her Calling in Counseling\u2014and Song<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18d2c7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18d2c7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cd3921\" data-id=\"8cd3921\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc1e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bc1e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sabrina Lugo thinks she has always been a bit of a therapist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f965d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8f965d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an undergraduate, Lugo started her own business doing nails and noticed that clients she had never met before were opening up to her in very personal ways during their sessions.<\/p><p>At the time, she was a struggling biology major thinking of going to medical school. But after taking her first psychology course, she quickly changed her major. She decided to pursue a Master of Science in mental health counseling, and she graduated in spring 2025.<\/p><p>\u201cI liked connecting with people in that way,\u201d Lugo said. \u201cGiving them the space to feel safe and share has been something I value about myself, and that people seem to value about me.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI love a challenge,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re often resistant at first, but once they open up, they learn so much about themselves. It goes to show it\u2019s never too late to change.\u201d Growing up, Lugo sang in choir and smaller performance settings but hadn\u2019t performed publicly in years.<\/p><p>Yet, when she saw that SHP was seeking a student to sing the national anthem at her 2025 convocation, she applied \u2013 and was accepted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826f230 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"826f230\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3bb72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c3bb72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\">\u201cMusic has always been a form of self-care and something I carry with me. I wanted to show that there\u2019s more to us all than what we\u2019re studying in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\">\u2014Sabrina Lugo, Class of 2025<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08c0ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e08c0ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efd4df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7efd4df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She was also motivated for her five-year-old daughter to see her perform as a culmination to all the hard work of her degree and to show her that she could do anything she put her mind to.<\/p><p>\u201cI was so nervous, but she told me I did a good job,\u201d she concluded with a laugh. \u201cAnd she would have been brutally honest if I hadn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding Her Calling in Counseling\u2014and Song Sabrina Lugo thinks she has always been a bit of a therapist. 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