Tatiana L. Hollins joined BDEA in the fall of 2021 as a Community Field Coordinator. Ms.Hollins is BPS graduate who considers herself to be a very proud African American lesbian woman from Boston who lives to give back to her community using restorative practices. Before arriving at BDEA, she worked as a paraprofessional with the sub-separate [...]
Angellica Diaz is the new transition year advisor at BDEA in the PGP office. Angellica was born and raised in Los Angeles, and moved to Boston when she was 17 to attend college. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Babson College and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in GIS mapping at [...]
Terry works at Wediko (part of The Home) and has come to BDEA a couple of times a week for the past five years to meet with young adults who have asked for some additional support. She has a B.A. in Sociology from an HBCU (University of MD, Eastern Shore) and was initially set on [...]
Rachel has been a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) since 2016. She received her BSW in 2013 from Eastern Connecticut State University. She went on to Simmons University completing their Advanced Standing program and earned her MSW in 2014. During that time, she was fortunate enough to intern at Year Up in the Student Services [...]
After graduating HS in Fort Lauderdale FL, Soniel moved to Boston in 2002 to attend Umass Boston and studied Psychology. Soniel has been working at BPS since 2008. He spent time working in Special Education as an ABA Tech and paraprofessional. He joined the BDEA Student Support Team as a CFC in March 2020. Soniel [...]
Andrés joined the BDEA Student Support Team in 2018 to help provide counseling to our amazing crew of students. He has dedicated his career to providing support for young adults in his hometown of Boston. He attended Boston Public Schools, has a B.A. in English and Political Science from UMass Boston, and an MSW from [...]
Rosalinda joined BDEA in 2018 as a Community Field Coordinator. Her professional experience extends 24 years of educating, mentoring, and advocating for students through out the school district. Rosalinda is also a Boston Teachers Union Organizer and serves on The BTU COPE- Committee on Political Education and recently joined the Restorative Justice Committee. Rosalinda earned [...]
Charell served as a Youth Workforce Program Coordinator for out-of-school and at risk youth for Madison Park Development Corporation. She holds an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Paralegal Certificate from Roxbury Community College, and previously worked closely with court-involved youth through the Choice Program while interning at Roxbury District Court. A Boston native and [...]
Alyson, "Sully", joined the BDEA community in 2013 as the Student Admissions Manager, became a part of the Student Support Team in July 2015, and finally landed in the Post-Graduate Planning Department in 2017. Having graduated from Boston Public Schools herself, Alyson is dedicated to providing the individual support that adolescents in Boston need to be [...]
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