Kerry Mahony is currently serving as the Senior Program Coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts since June 2023, and previously held the position of Big Futures Program Coordinator. Kerry has diverse experience in education and healthcare, including a role as a Teaching Assistant at Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences from September 2022 to June 2023, and as an Assistant Preschool Teacher at John Winthrop School for Young Children from September 2021 to June 2023. Additional roles include Campus Representative at Northeastern University, Socratic Summer Academy Teacher at Yleana Leadership Foundation, and Office Administrator at Northeastern University Speech-Language & Hearing Center. Kerry also worked as a Hearing Screening Coordinator at PEDIATRIX. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology from Northeastern University, supplemented by minors in Urban Studies and Psychology, completed in 2023.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts
For more than 60 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts has worked to ensure that every child has the support from caring adults that they need for healthy development and success in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles"), ages 7 through high school graduation, in communities across Massachusetts Bay. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay is to partner with under-resourced families to provide their children with transformational, one-to-one professionally-supported relationships with caring adult mentors, so that their children will thrive. Here's the proof. National research has shown that positive relationships between Littles and their Bigs have a direct and measurable impact on children’s lives. By participating in our programs, Little Brothers and Sisters are: -more confident in their schoolwork performance -able to get along better with their families -46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs -27% less likely to begin using alcohol -52% less likely to skip school. Please explore our site and learn more about our history, staff, service areas, boards and advisory committees, read our mission statement, or view current job openings.