Tanja Philhower worked for the University of Florida Police Department as a victim advocate for eight years before moving to the UF Dean of Students Office and spending over eight years as Assistant Dean and Director of the Care Team, the University’s student case management office. Ms. Philhower has worked in non-profit child abuse prevention services, services for unhoused individuals, and hospital-based care management. Ms. Philhower currently serves as a veterinary social worker with the University of Minnesota’s Veterinary Medical Center where she is receiving supervision for clinical licensure in Minnesota. Ms. Philhower has worked as an MSW field instructor both for Florida State University and multiple schools of social work in the Twin Cities area.