Rev. Delores J. Linnen is one of ten children born in Georgetown, South Carolina to the late Allen and Rosa Bell (Robinson) Tucker. 

She attended local schools in Georgetown, SC district (Plantersville Elementary and Choppee High) before receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Voorhees College of Denmark, SC, a Masters of Social Work degree from The University of Connecticut School of Social Work and her Sixth Year Professional Diploma of Advanced Studies from Southern Connecticut State University School of Graduate Studies.  Rev. Linnen has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Clifford Beers Child Guidance Center, New Haven, CT, Georgetown Dialysis Center, Georgetown, SC and the Connecticut Association of School Social Workers.   Currently, she is employed as a school social worker with The City of New Haven Board of Education where she has served in this capacity for thirty years.    READ MORE >