Kaylin Padovano, LMSW, is a social worker, educator, and trainer specializing in trauma, violence prevention, and equity-centered organizational practice. She brings nearly two decades of experience in the anti-violence field, with a background in direct clinical work with survivors and families, including immigrant and refugee communities, as well as experience working with people who have caused harm.

Kaylin currently serves in a leadership and equity role at Rutgers University, where she has designed and led large-scale trainings for staff, faculty, leadership, and interdisciplinary teams. Her work focuses on helping individuals and institutions understand how power, oppression, and micro-level harm show up in real time across clinical, supervisory, and organizational settings, and how to respond in ways that are ethical, trauma-informed, and sustainable.

In addition to her institutional role, Kaylin maintains an active clinical practice and provides training and consultation to a wide range of audiences, including social workers, medical and behavioral health providers, educators, nonprofit and public sector staff, and family court and legal professionals. Her approach is practical and applied, bridging direct practice, prevention, and systems-level change.

Kaylin’s work centers on translating values into action, with a focus on accountability, repair, and prevention across individual, relational, and organizational levels.