Shannon is the Post Adoption Social Worker in our Post Adoption Department, known as Family STAR. She has been with the agency for many years and previously worked with prospective adoptive parents and adoptive families as an Adoption Social Worker and Family Advocate.

Shannon received her master’s in social work from the University of Buffalo and her bachelor’s in social work from Buffalo State College. She has experience in the field of foster care and adoption where she has seen first-hand how adoption changes lives. Shannon enjoys working with adoptees, as well as adoptive families and birth families. She is passionate about working in the adoption field and helping support individuals and families. Shannon grew up in Buffalo and still lives locally with her husband and two children. Shannon is also the proud aunt is an Adoption STAR baby!