Money & Career Born and raised in Lake Charles, La., Amy Dunn’s parents, Bob and Marilyn Dunn, were active in their church and various organizations and taught Amy and her two sisters the importance of community involvement. Amy graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1988 and worked as a Mental Health Technician in the newly opened adolescent psychiatric unit at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. She pursued a Master of Social Work degree at LSU, graduating in 1993. She’s been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1997. Amy was first introduced to the Educational & Treatment Council, Inc. (ETC) as a teenager when her mother began working there. At age 19, Amy volunteered for a day camp hosted by ETC for financially disadvantaged children. “After that, I was hooked and knew I wanted to work with kids,” Amy says. Thrive magazine recently caught up with Amy, and she shared the joys of working with an organization that has helped thousands of SWLA youth and the daunting challenges this past year has brought to ETC.
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Thrive Magazine for Better Living • April 2021
Amy Dunn, Executive Director, Educational & Treatment Council
by Angie Kay Dilmore
