LIFT

LIFT-Boston is proud to announce the hiring of Alyssa Motai, Rilwan Ajayi, and Brittni Reilly as its newest Site Coordinators.  Motai will serve with LIFT-Somerville, and Ajayi and Reilly will serve with LIFT-Cambridge.

After losing her job in March 2007, Maria Selamoglu was struggling to get back into the workforce. With no income and little savings due to a recent divorce, she was falling behind on her rent and utility payments. She found LIFT-Somerville and immediately began working with volunteers to update her résumé and expand her job search.  With LIFT-Somerville's assistance, she soon secured part-time work at Massachusetts General Hospital.

LIFT-Cambridge volunteer Liz Powers was hooked on serving people in her community from the first time she volunteered as a freshman with a local homeless shelter.  She became deeply invested in the needs of the people seeking refuge there and wanted to develop more meaningful, impactful relationships with them beyond serving breakfast a few hours a week.  After seeking out other programs, a professor recommended that she contact LIFT-Cambridge and she dove into volunteering immediately.  Three years later, diploma in hand, Liz is continuing to serve LIFT clients and the greater Cambridge community.