Alumni Profiles

Caroline Mailloux '01
Raynham High School '03
Brown University '09

Caroline Mailloux has been involved with MassSTAR since she participated in the 2001 conference.  Since that time, she has worked with the organization in various capacities including programming, recruitment, operations, and facilitation.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors.  Throughout high school, Caroline was actively involved in a number of empowerment organizations for youth with disabilities including the Cerebral Palsy Association of Massachusetts, Special Olympics, and Handi Kids Camp.  She credits her experience with MassSTAR as a driving force in wanting to pursue a career vested in both empowerment and serving the public interest.  Caroline currently attends Brown University in Providence, RI where she studies global health and development.  Throughout her leave-taking and undergraduate experience she has partnered with a number of community activism organizations both locally and globally, including Habitat for Humanity, Bike and Build, the Clinton Foundation, Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP), Global Health through Education, Training and Service (GHETS), and the recently launched 15 by 2015 campaign.  Caroline strives to pursue a career in international policy.  In the meantime, she's excited about another outstanding year with MassSTAR. 

Scott Brady '02
Wilmington High School '04
Marist College '08

Scott attended the MassSTAR conference in June of 2002. He returned the following year as a member of the operations team and in 2005, he served as a Student Partner. Scott is currently in his senior year at Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, NY, majoring in Political Science and Spanish. He recently spent a semester studying in Madrid, Spain, trying to increase his level of proficiency in the Spanish language. At Marist, he is very active with the Marist College Council on the Theater Arts as well as the Resident Student Council. Scott is excited to be working with MassSTAR again, giving high school students the same incredible experience he was lucky enough to have.

Bridge Black '00
Whitman-Hanson High School '02
Providence College '06
Boston College School Lynch School of Education

Bridget Black is another example of the long-term benefits from student leadership education while in high school.  Throughout her experiences at Providence College, Bridget brought the energy, optimism, and unbridled enthusiasm that she learned to express while working with the MassSTAR organization.  As the chair of a major on-campus committee as well as a varsity member of the division one track and cross country teams, Bridget sought to empower her peers in all situations to believe in themselves and in their valuable contributions to their surroundings.  As a master's of Higher Education Administration candidate at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, Bridget continues to serve as a student leader, acting as the President & Executive Director of the Graduate Education Association.  Many years after she first participated in student leadership activities such as MassSTAR, Bridget continues to draw on the lessons she learned in order to achieve her goals.

Andrew W. Stinger
East Longmeadow High School '02
Columbia University '06
Google Inc.

Andrew majored in American Studies at Columbia University. He transferred from Ithaca College at the end of his freshman year and previously worked for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. as a Marketing Communications intern. Andrew remains active in the community, tutoring and volunteering with Project HEALTH New York through Harlem Hospital to assist youths at socio-economic and health disadvantages, serving the campus as a residential advisor, raising funds for the 28-hour Dance Marathon, producing a musical for the Columbia Musical Theater Society and serving as treasurer for the Columbia Road Runners.  Andrew is one of 15 inductees into the Senior Society of Sachems, an honor society at Columbia characterized by its motto: “By your deeds and not your words shall you be known.” He hopes to watch the MassSTAR organization continue to grow and incorporate every high school in the State so that it may provide the motivational and awareness-building experiences that turned him onto his full potential as a Sophomore in 2000. “MassSTAR and all that comes with it really opened my eyes to a wealth of experiences in the world that I could absolutely have.  It has created opportunities, lifelong friendships and a renewed spirit of service. MassSTAR has fully invested me in my stake in the world around me.”

Mary Wall '02
Abington High School '04
Boston College '08

Mary Wall is currently a senior at Boston College, majoring in political science. Mary attended the Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation's MassSTAR conference in June of 2002 and returned the next year as a student partner. Since then, she has remained very active in the organization, taking on increased responsibility each year. During high school, Mary was quite an involved student, doling out hours of her time to musical ensembles, volunteer organizations, as well as student leadership conferences, all in addition to a part-time job. After graduating second in her class at Abington High School, she continued onto Chestnut Hill to find a challenging and enriching learning experience. Having one year under her belt now, she already finds herself heavily involved in a number of activities as well as deeply engaged in her academics. As a sophomore at Boston College, Mary has participated in a service-immersion trip in Annotto Bay, Jamaica, teaching first graders in a summer camp for two weeks, as well as serving as a section leader in the Boston College Marching Band.

Mary looks forward to MassSTAR's growth in the near future. She actively looks ahead to see the promising future in this ever-flourishing organization, positively altering the lives of high-school sophomores from around the state by catalyzing change in the lives of people around her. Mary feels she is a person empowered to make a positive change in an often in just world. She believes MassSTAR gave given her the strength, courage, resources, and determination to make a difference in the lives of others, and to strive to be a person for others always.

Hannah Desrochers '03
Georgetown Junio-Senior High School '05
Simmons College '09

Hannah is currently a junior at Simmons College in Boston.  She is a Dean’s List nursing student and works as a Nursing Assistant in a center for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.  In June 2003, Hannah was nominated as class president and was selected by Georgetown High School to attend the MassSTAR conference.  MassSTAR enhanced many facets of Hannah’s character, taught her the fundamentals of leadership, and helped channel her energy into local organizations.  MassSTAR challenged Hannah to help shape her community: she has become a regional top fundraiser for America’s Walk for Diabetes; coaches a summer league varsity basketball team; and attended an alternative college spring break, working with Habitat for Humanity to build homes.  The association and individuals of MassSTAR continue to inspire Hannah to seek opportunities at home and abroad that make the community closer and stronger.