During the COVID pandemic, Maria Catalina managed to increase her credit score from 0 to 700+. How did she do it? Armed with financial knowledge and credit-building strategies that she gained…
In March of 2020, a global pandemic demanded we reimagine every aspect of daily life. At the United Way of MA Bay and United Way of Greater Seacoast, it was no…
By Alexa Rose, Maker Fellow Americorps Vista at United Way BoSTEM and Edited by Kyle Bray United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley’s BoSTEM initiative funds an innovative AP Computer…
The purpose of BoSTEM’s Partner Spotlight series is to reveal the ways STEM Out-of-School Time (OST) programs throughout the city of Boston are rethinking education, and engaging with students. In this blog, we explore with HMS MEDscience their…
Nadine moved to the U.S. 30 years ago and for the last six years, she has worked as a housekeeper at the Westin Copley. It was a steady job that…
With more than 1 million people in our state facing food insecurity, a tidal wave of evictions on the horizon and unemployment skyrocketing across most industries, it’s up to our…
When kids enter kindergarten ready to read, everyone wins. This year, learning is being disrupted in a way none of us have ever dealt with before. From months of interrupted…
What would you do if you got the call? Imagine picking up your phone and having your suspicions confirmed – that run down, miserable feeling you’d been dealing with was…
In honor of all of the front-line workers, caring volunteers, companies that have stepped up to help and local organizations providing support, we wanted to share some of the good…
The past few months have been incredibly trying for all of us, but they have also further exposed the racial and social inequities that have been present in our community.…