{"id":5263,"date":"2025-06-03T13:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/social-work\/?p=5263"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:52:20","slug":"meet-austin-laster-class-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/meet-austin-laster-class-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Austin Laster: Class of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5264\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/1-Austin-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/1-Austin-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/1-Austin-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/1-Austin-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My name is Austin Laster, and I am a proud alumnus of Northern Arizona University, Class of 2020. I earned my Bachelor of Social Work with a minor in Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following my graduation in May 2020, I began my professional journey with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff\u2014the organization where I completed my internship. I initially joined the team as a Customer Relations Specialist and have since advanced to the role of Program Director.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In my current role, I am responsible for supervising and supporting our staff, facilitating group sessions with youth involved in the juvenile justice system, and fostering strong relationships with community partners. Through this work, I remain committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of the youth and families we serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Austin Laster, and I am a proud alumnus of Northern Arizona University, Class of 2020. I earned my Bachelor of Social Work with a minor in Psychology. &nbsp; Following my graduation in May 2020, I began my professional journey with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff\u2014the organization where I completed my internship. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5265,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5263\/revisions\/5265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-social-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}