Birgitta Dickerson, Eliot K-8

 “It’s so important for students to see themselves represented in positions of power, so I’m grateful that [Gitta] specifically came to see our classroom.”  A powerful insight shared by special education ELA teacher, Rebecca Reid, when reflecting on a recent...

Darryl Walton, The O’Bryant School

Darryl Walton, Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Community Business Clinic at Northeastern University School of Law, visited Laura Rosenfield’s advisory group at the John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science as our final Pathfinders visit for the academic...

Gary Prado, Rafael Hernández K-8 School

The latest Pathfinder to join Boston Partners in Education in the classroom is Gary Prado. Gary is Senior Legal Counsel at Fidelity Investments and a former Big Cheese Reader. Students in Ms. Nucci’s 3rd-grade class at the Hernandez School were over the moon to...

Dr. Nina Marlowe, Edison K-8

Last week, fifth graders at the Edison K-8 School were treated to a very special Pathfinders visit from Dr. Nina Marlowe, a psychiatrist, BPIE mentor, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Students listened attentively to how she navigated her career,...

Jason Burrell, Blackstone Elementary

Aaron Cohen’s sixth-grade class at Blackstone Elementary School welcomed Pathfinder Jason Burrell on Tuesday, April 30. Jason shared his journey from a kid who loved playing South End baseball to a successful career in law. Jason is an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis...

Dr. Anne Antonellis Visits Rafael Hernández K-8 School

BPIE’s second Pathfinders visit took us to a K2 classroom at the Rafael Hernández Dual Language K-8 School in Roxbury. Darlene Prado’s five- and six-year-old students listened attentively as Dr. Anne Antonellis, OB/GYN, read a book about becoming a doctor and answered...