Category: GenUnity
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Ilona Rabovsky
After leaving high school early, I spent several years driving across the United States; settling in a few different places and predominantly working in restaurants. This expanded my perspective on my own experience growing up at the poverty level in Coastal New England, relative to the experiences of others from different identities and geographic locations.…
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Colin Loftus
Hi there, I’m Colin! I was born and raised on Cape Cod and grew up in a large family, watching my parents juggle jobs in social services and childcare while raising us and staying involved in our church. The value of community was brought to my living room. I’ve been fortunate to have a supportive…
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Whitney Sanchez
Born in New York, NY, to Portuguese, Brazilian, and Dominican parents, I grew up in Queens, NY and later in Providence and Pawtucket, RI. Raised by my single mother, I experienced the challenges of life on welfare and the instability of frequent moves. These early experiences instilled in me the courage to explore and travel,…
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Simon Green
My work is informed by my Catholic upbringing, in which I was lucky enough to learn about Catholic Social Teaching, Liberation Theology, and the Catholic Workers Movement. My time in the church also taught me about the immense difficulty of changing institutions that were built to oppress, a lesson that was further reinforced by my…
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Asha Kuziwa
I’m a long time community organizer whose work is informed by my experiences as a nonbinary, biracial, queer human being existing in a world of constructed binaries and systems. I came to GenUnity after working at Fenway Health as a PrEP Navigator where I helped people who inject drugs access and stay on PrEP medication.…
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Le Tran
I was born and raised in Worcester, MA to Vietnamese refugee parents. My family has always been hyper-focused on the nuclear family, stemming from years of generational trauma and mistrust as they navigated their new life in the United States. Despite their efforts to instill that in me, I have always been a talker, maybe…
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Alexa Urena
I am a Dominican-American, born and raised in Lawrence, MA, a predominantly Dominican and Puerto Rican city. Being a first-generation college graduate, I recognize that it really did “take a village” for me to achieve this milestone- hardworking mom, loving family and many encouraging teachers/advisors. While majoring in Global Studies at Trinity College, I gained…
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Leo Balik
My approach to social justice work, inside and outside of the nonprofit sector, is informed by the principles of collective liberation — the recognition that my freedom is dependent on the freedom of all beings (human and beyond-human). My introduction to the climate justice movement as an undergraduate student at Clark University supported me in…