Paulina Casasola Mena

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2024

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Tufts University

Fellowship
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Supervisor
Farah Elhadidy, Operations Manager

Mentors
Karyn Polito, former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and Lyn Huckabee, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Fellowship Description
Marie will support Boston’s Office of Early Childhood in developing an initiative to better engage
with local business and create funding partnerships to expand capacity and affordability of early childhood options in Boston. She will also work with Mayor Wu’s Senior Advisor for Partnerships to explore additional collaboration opportunities for the Office of Early Childhood.