Contact:
Ellen Fleming
University Advancement
617-287-5327
“Urban Scholars showed me how to overcome the obstacles in my quest for a better education and quality of life. It gave me room to express myself, and the tools to explore and thrive in any community. It was my highway from a poor neighborhood to so many amazing opportunities.”
Karen (Edwards) Hinds
President and CEO
Workplace Success Group, LLC
Adjunct Faculty, Post University
Urban Scholars '89
BA Bowdoin College, '93
“Eternally thankful” is how entrepreneur, community leader, and educator Karen feels about her experience at UMass Boston. This winner of the Count Me In organization’s prestigious million-dollar businessbuilding award is also a role model for current Urban Scholars participants. In them, she sees the young person she was, “with hopes and dreams seeking a way out.”