It is with bittersweet excitement that we announce the departure of Aysha Upchurch from VSA Massachusetts after three and a half years of service, laughter, creation and innovation within our COOL Schools programming, and across the organization. Aysha started with VSA in September 2014 as an Education Intern, and found that the internship was an invaluable complement to her coursework while in school at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — it allowed her to ground the theoretical frameworks around school-community partnerships, inclusion, and arts integration strategies. She was delighted to join the staff full time in 2015 after her graduate studies to explore and implement coaching supports and professional development programming, also while bolstering the organization’s framing of the intersectional and social justice nature of its work and mission.
Aysha took a moment to write her own words of gratitude:
Aysha, on behalf of the VSA Massachusetts team and constituency, thank you for being you, and for bringing your vivacious presence as the Dancing Diplomat. We will miss you dearly, yet are thrilled for you. May you continue to change the world one kick-ball-change at a time!
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