received her doctorate from the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Dundee in Scotland where she focused her research on youth in the social care system in Eastern Europe. A Master of Social Work from Salem State University, A clinical license from the state of Massachusetts. Zoë has been on the faculty at Salem State University in the United States since 2019. Zoë recently received a Fulbright Scholar Open Research Award to continue her research in Latvia in Spring 2023. There she will research the impact of deinstitutionalization policies on children in the social care system and creating a Co-research Photo Voice exhibit of care leavers lived experiences post care.