So, this is your first time in the building, though you’ve been volunteering with MHASP (or Chinatown Afterschool) for 3 semesters now. That’s OK. Come child. Let me upgrade u.

I sit down with Matthews Mmopi, Harvard ’10, and he immediately launches into a story about Maya, a new camper of his at PBHA’s Roxbury Youth Initiative (RYI). This 11-year-old is mature, intelligent, and talented, but as Matthews, her Senior Counselor, puts it, “At first, she didn’t want to be there… and she made it very clear to me.”

Open House this Tuesday! Come learn about our 79 programs in the northwest corner of Harvard Yard.