SouthCoast Community Foundation (SCCF): You’ve been executive director of CVAB since 2012 - how’s the experience been for you? Moises Rodrigues (MR): There is nothing better than working for your communities. This is a labor of love — we take care of people from the...
Can you share a little about your background? My family was immigrants from the Acores. I came here when I was two years old. My father started his own business in Fall River, which was Portugalia Imports. I always worked in the family business. I also had a genuine...
What has your career path been? I went to school for fine arts in textiles. At the time, many mills had closed. My parents were educators, so it seemed natural that I went into teaching art classes. I had an internship in Boston, and then I worked at the Fuller Craft...
by Marquis Taylor, CEO of Coaching4Change As you head off to college, you’ll be given a lot of good advice: how to pack (roll each piece of clothing to fit more), how to study (visit the academic support center to boost your performance), how to make friends (leave...
GROWING AS A LEADER “There is a whole ecosystem of support within the school system that plays a part in how kids grow up, whether they go to college and explore career paths. This training has helped me talk and enlighten upper school management about race, social...
“I grew up undiagnosed ADHD. I struggled with schoolwork. I struggled with a lot of things. I found peace and calm in art and surfing, and everything seemed to slow down when I was creating or surfing. I knew I had found something special that I needed to share with...