Teresa Tawes

founding Board Executive

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For Teresa, the T.I.E.S. mission is a natural extension of what’s been her life’s work: “being a person for others,” a core tenet of her Jesuit education. Originally from West Virginia, Teresa moved to Baltimore in 1993 to attend graduate school at Loyola, where she earned graduate degrees in clinical psychology and business administration. Her 20 years as the outpatient program director for Harford-Belair Community Mental Health taught her that the only way to help break the cycle of poverty is by empowering people through wraparound services that put relationships first, which is what drew her to Boyd’s vision. “Our goal is to join with the family and really become part of their world. We’re in it for the lifelong connection,” she says, adding that she views education as “the real equalizer.” “Education is something that never can be taken from the TIES scholars,” says Teresa, who lives in Ohio with her family. “There is nothing more powerful than education for lifelong achievement.”

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