MassBay Engineering graduate, Sanoli Sano of Jamaica Plain, MA, will attend Tufts University to purse a degree in their engineering program. She plans to study Civil and Environmental Engineering and earn her bachelor’s degree, with career goal of working with the City of Boston on their plan to become a carbon free city by 2050.
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When MassBay Community College alum, Denali Delmar, started her education at MassBay, her name was Judy, but she changed it to Denali at one point along the way, chalking it up to “the 60’s.” She wasn’t in good shape, academically, in high school and a good friend of hers suggested she should go to college, after his having spent some time at MassBay. He brought Denali an application and brought her into the college for her interview.
MassBay student, Nathan Persampieri of Newton, MA, is on a mission to educate the community about people with disabilities. Nathan is focused on what people with disabilities can accomplish, not what they cannot.
Giving back is exactly what Beardsley has done. As a professor at MassBay, he teaches history and is one of the co-coordinators of the honors program. Helping kids gain self-confidence and figure out their next steps is something that gives him great satisfaction.
Valerie Kapilow joined MassBay Community College in the summer of 2014 as a Project Manager in the Office of Strategic Planning, Institutional Effectiveness & Grants Development. In this role she worked on a variety of initiatives to increase access and support success in higher education and middle skills employment for underserved populations and non-traditional students. She moved from this temporary role to coordinating a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education grant initiative, STEM Starter Academy, on MassBay’s Wellesley Hills campus.
MassBay Community College student and single mom, Jennifer Rahall, started college right after high school, but decided it wasn’t a good fit for her and left after three semesters to work two full-time jobs.
MassBay Community College student, Toni McCann, had been out of school for several years. She was recently laid off from her job of almost 15 years.
When MassBay Community College student, Ashley Osmecki, started at MassBay, she was 23 years old. At the time, she had made a few attempts at college, so she likes to say that the third time’s the charm.