Darcie Boyer is Center Manager for the Center for Women & Work at UMass Lowell. She is a graduate of UMass Lowell’s master’s program in Regional Economic and Social Development, with her research thesis work focused on the importance of including community members in decision making and planning for public transportation policy decisions. Prior to her work at the Center for Women & Work, Darcie was a community organizer with the Coalition for a Better Acre, working to ensure that the voice of residents in Lowell’s poorest and most diverse neighborhood were heard and respected in the decisions that impacted their lives and community. She is active in Lowell organizing efforts and is a founding member of Lowell Education Justice Alliance, a grassroots group of parents, teachers, students, and community allies working to protect and improve the public schools.