Becca grew up in Boston, where she has continued to live throughout her adult life. She graduated from Northeastern University with a BS in Philosophy and a concentration in religious studies. Becca started her professional career as a children’s ballet teacher at a dance studio in Brookline, where she taught for 24 years. Becca has spent the last 15 years working for a Jewish non-profit, first as a preschool teacher and then in various administrative positions including, mostly recently, as the preschool Director. She completed a 3-year Sheva Center Leadership Institute fellowship through the JCCA. In her free time, Becca enjoys reading, camping, attending Red Sox games, watching football, and spending time with her sister and nieces.
Bridget grew up in Western Massachusetts and is happy to be back in her home state after living in Louisiana for several years. She has a Master of Jewish Education from Hebrew College, as well as an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art (focusing on playwriting and puppetry) from Goddard College, and a BA in Theatre Arts from Mount Holyoke College. She enjoys attending and creating theater, making art, reading books, and outdoor activities such as hiking and camping with her husband David and children Anton and Leora.
Erika grew up in Wilmington, Delaware in Congregation Beth Shalom and attended the Gratz Hebrew High School evening program. She came to Massachusetts to study at Tufts University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and met her husband. She spent much of her career developing and implementing Information Systems at various power plants and on the Department of Energy Superconducting Super Collider project before pulling back to raise her three sons. She still keeps her hand in the tech world by answering the call to neighbors in need of tech support. She is also a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor. She loves traveling, cooking and reading and is a sports spectator enthusiast. She and her eldest son are on a mission to visit all of the MLB Ballparks.
Lorraine, is a graduate of Bentley University and has worked for over 30 years in non-profit and for profit environments, as a bookkeeper, accountant and office manager. Lorraine was born and raised in New York City, and now lives in Grafton, with her husband and two cats. Her hobbies are gardening, herbalism, organic farming and cooking.
Luis was born in Guatemala. He moved to Boston with his mother when he was 7. He is married and has 2 children. When he is not working at Temple Reyim he enjoys cooking traditional Spanish fare with his wife and exercising with his children.