JobMakers Podcast: Lecturer Celina Miranda (SSW’01,’15) Discusses Immigrant Entrepreneurship & Community Uplift in Jamaica Plain’s Latin Quarter
Last week on the JobMakers podcast, BU School of Social Work alum and lecturer Dr. Celine Miranda (MSW’01, PhD’15) shared her experience as executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force in a conversation with host Denzil Mohammed, director of the Public Education Institute.
JobMakers is a production of the Pioneer Institute and The Immigrant Learning Center that highlights an immigrant entrepreneur or an immigrant supporting entrepreneurship in each of its episodes. Miranda falls into the latter category – as head of the Hyde Square Task Force, she has been a steadfast advocate for the small businesses and residents of Hyde Square, a diverse Boston neighborhood known as Jamaica Plain’s Latin Quarter.
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Miranda – who was named a “Boston Latino on the Move” by Boston Business Journal – is a lecturer at BU School of Social Work and the executive director of the Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF). Prior to leading HSTF, she managed grants in education and economic mobility at the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, and oversaw youth development grants and initiatives as a program associate at the Hyams Foundation.
Miranda is also a BU School of Social Work alumna: after earning her MSW as a macro practice major in the School’s social work and education dual degree program, she completed her doctorate degree in social work and sociology in what is now the PhD in social work program.