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Carol Leon

Carol Leon

Carol Leon

Carol Leon

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Urban Scholar

Year

2022

The Rappaport Urban Fellowship provides elected and appointed officials from Greater Boston with full-tuition scholarships to attend the Kennedy School of Government's Masters in Public Administration program.

Carol Leon previously served as the Programs Manager at the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA), where she oversaw MOIA’s programs and led community outreach and engagement initiatives. In 2020, Carol developed Immigrants Lead Boston, a new civic engagement program for emerging immigrant leaders. Prior to this role, Carol served as MOIA’s Outreach and Community Engagement Coordinator and led Boston’s Citizenship Day, community legal clinics, and a 2016 conversation series between immigrant communities and City leaders. She first joined MOIA in 2015 through AmeriCorps VISTA. Carol graduated from Suffolk University with a bachelor’s degree in international affairs and French and aspires to continue making the City of Boston a welcoming place for all.