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Ashley Berry McEdriss '09BSN is a Family Nurse Practitioner and a small business owner of Drive Safe Department of Transportation (DOT) Exams, an occupational health clinic in Wakefield, MA. She spoke to us about her journey to becoming a nurse...

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Tell me about the work you do. I am Vice President of Riverside Community Care. My job is to make sure that integrative healthcare is prioritized by our organization. We often come across cases of isolated care, in which patients...

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Virginia Leigh ’12MSW, a clinical social worker and alumna of Simmons School of Social Work, is running for Sheriff of Essex County.

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The Summer Institute in Children's Literature returned to Simmons University in July 2022. The Institute theme “Lost & Found” shaped reflections from authors, librarians, educators, publishers, and critics of children’s literature from across the country in this two-day gathering of inspiration and restoration.

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What the job entails: Jorge is a school social worker at the Charles Sumner Elementary School, a Boston Public School for Pre-K-5 students in Roslindale, Massachusetts. In this varied, rewarding role, he provides one-on-one counseling, crisis intervention, and group therapy...

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Long before Ola Akinwumi obtained her Master’s in Communication Management from Simmons, she gained experience in planning, curating, and producing events for non-profit organizations. Here she explains how a Simmons education helped expand her skills set. She now has her own business and works for ArtsBoston.

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What made you choose to pursue your MA in Teaching English as a Second Language? I lived abroad in San Juan, Puerto Rico for two years, where I learned Spanish and taught English as a native speaker to adults working...

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As a psychotherapist, social worker, and business owner, Kimberly Mayes, LCSW '23DSW holistically supports her clients in all aspects of her career. "Because I have first-hand knowledge of the impacts of social injustices within the [BIPOC] community," says Mayes, "I'm...

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Abby Frantz, MSW, LICSW, '05MSW is the Director of Wellness Programming and Training at Groton School in Groton, MA. Abby spoke to us about her time in the Simmons Master of Social Work program and her career in Wellness. What...

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During her senior year as a Political Science major at Simmons, Madison Poshkus '21 '23MPP worked as an intern at the Massachusetts State House as part of Simmons' Barbara Lee Fellowship program. Sponsored by the Barbara Lee Foundation, the Fellowship...

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