Address: Esperanza Academy, 198 Garden St., Lawrence, MA 01840
Date of Birth: September 11, 1966
Occupation: Educator
Ethnic Background: German - Irish, Caucasian
Interviewer: Joan Kelley
Summary: The narrator is Head of School at Esperanza Academy, a school for economically disadvantaged girls from grades five through eight, who live in Lawrence. It is housed in a builing belonging to Grace Episcopal Church. School goes eleven hours a day, eleven months of the year. The school has many volunteers, including parents who must commit to volunteering two hours a week. The girls are fed three meals a day, plus a snack. As the name implies, the school is to be a source of hope for the students.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
Date (created)
2008-11-05