Patrina Lawrence, MSW, LCSW is the Co-Founder of Serving Children and Reaching Families, LLC (SCARF). For over two decades, this licensed clinical social worker has made significant contributions to the field of children services in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Florida. Ms. Patrina Lawrence received her master of social work degree from Howard University, where she was one of two top students to spearhead the university’s federal grant on effective treatment models for batterers of domestic violence.

Among her many acclamations, she is most proud of her recognition for successfully reunifying the most children to their birth families, while working at a therapeutic foster care agency. Her life’s moto is, “where much is given, much is required.”