Carolina De Jesus serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Higher Education Resource Center after serving as the Passport to College Program Director between 2012 and 2022. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst in Business and Communication and a Master’s in Education from Lesley University. Carolina also completed a certificate in Leadership & Management in Nonprofits at Boston University. She has extensive youth education experience, including as a college access coordinator at Middlesex Community College, an after school coordinator at Citizen Schools, and an ESL teacher in South Korea. As a first-generation college grad herself, Carolina has always been passionate about helping young people discover the greatness that lies within them and helping them to unleash those gifts and talents that will change the world. In her free time, Carolina is a missionary in Latin America and she loves to read, learn, and eat great food. If she could choose a place to live in eternally- it would be the beach!
