Brianna Bourne’s Journey from Mattapan to Latin Academy to Comm Ave
“I’ve learned over time that asking for help is better than struggling by yourself.”
I was born in Dorchester and when I was about three or four we moved to Mattapan. I went to Boston Public Schools, and I went to Boston Latin Academy from 7th until 12th grade. My parents came here from Jamaica. They didn’t go to college. My mom works at a bank and my dad works at the post office. At Boston Latin Academy, the teachers would say, ‘Oh, yeah, once you get to college…’ It was never like, ‘Oh, if I go, it’s when I go.’
Brianna Bourne (CAS’24), from Boston, psychology major and Student Staff at the Newbury Center