Tenacity
Burke Paxton has extensive experience in tennis coaching and program management, currently serving as the Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach at Emerson College since August 2019. Prior roles at Emerson include Interim Head Coach and Assistant Coach for both men's and women's teams. Since August 2017, Burke has also held multiple leadership positions at Tenacity, including Senior Manager of Tennis and Summer Programs. Previous coaching experience includes serving as Assistant Men's Tennis Coach at Endicott College and Tennis Coach at The Racket and Fitness Center. Burke's early career featured roles such as Assistant Director at Southern Maine Tennis Camps and Tennis Camp Director at North Yarmouth Academy, coupled with internship experience at Norman, Hanson and DeTroy, LLC. Burke holds a degree in Government and Hispanic Studies from Hamilton College, where studies were completed from 2013 to 2017.
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Tenacity
Tenacity is a city-wide Boston youth development organization focused on closing the achievement and opportunity gaps for underserved Boston youth. From elementary school through college and beyond, we offer a unique combination of literacy and life skills instruction, mentoring, family engagement, and tennis/fitness coaching that mitigates barriers to success, unlocks potential, and empowers participants. The youth served by Tenacity's programs develop positive identities as students, mentors, and leaders, which opens educational and career pathways as well as opportunities for personal, civic, and professional growth. The effectiveness of Tenacity's whole-child approach is evidenced by the achievements of Tenacity Pathway students: 95% graduate high school and 70% of our high school graduates are enrolled in or have completed college or approved post-secondary programs.