Carlette Marie Quinto

Midtown Community Justice Center

Carlette Marie Quinto, LMSW (she/her) is currently the Clinical Supervisor at Midtown Community Justice Center, a project of the Center and an adjunct assistant professor and off site practicum supervisor at NYU Silver School of Social Work. Carlette joined the Center for Justice Innovation, formerly Center for Court Innovation in 2016 and has been in various positions at the Center. For over a decade her work has focused on providing systems-involved youth and adults trauma-informed services, including individual counseling, facilitating psycho-educational groups, restorative justice support circles and harm circles, and coordination of services. Carlette strives to work with individuals and communities using restorative justice practices and anti-racist social work practices.

Carlette has experience working with Queer and Trans adolescents and adults in recovery and with co-occurring disorders including eating disorders, alcoholism, and substance use, as well as working with social workers of color navigating boundaries in their relationships. She has worked with clients who live with depression, anxiety, and first generation Black, Indigenous, People of Color navigating their sexuality and gender identity. 

Carlette completed her undergraduate studies at Antioch University, Los Angeles with a concentration in psychology and a minor in urban community and the environment and received her Master's in Social Work from NYU Silver School of Social Work where she is the recipient of the 2015 Silver Social Justice Award. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker in the State of New York.