Oct 18, 2016 | 50 Stories
What Inspires Us? There are many reasons why our academic mentors feel the urge to volunteer with Boston Partners in Education. Sometimes, it is the BPS students alone that provide the inspiration. Often, academic mentors are looking for a way to give back to the...
Dec 21, 2020 | Mentor Spotlight
This time last year, we sat down with Kelsey Welsh, a long-time mentor at the Josiah Quincy School who’s worked with the same two students for four years now. Shortly after the pandemic closed down the city last spring, their mentor match transitioned from...
Apr 2, 2012 | Mentor Spotlight
Martha Byington is a second year volunteer at the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End. She visits two classrooms each week. One of these is Lisa Goncalves-Lavin’s first grade class. Martha has been a lifelong volunteer: in fact, she’s volunteered in a...
