As the principal of Mission Grammar School, Ali Dutson, 35, has hundreds of children. Her school is part of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral, which sits atop Mission Hill.
The soft-spoken, yet...
By Zach Carmosino
“My most vivid memory,” said 25-year-old Breannah Conward-Lewis, ”is learning that the Tobin Community Center has a backyard space with a garden. It gives me hope for having...
On a rainy Wednesday morning in Mission Hill, Mike’s Donuts on Tremont Street hung a sign in their window which read, “Welcome Back Students!” The sweet smell of pastries poured out of the open...
By Emma Turney
Standing in her own studio on Tremont Street, 43-year-old Cassandra Foster is going on her fifth year of making yoga her full-time career. In January, Foster opened Mission Hill Yoga...
By Hiu Yan (Nancy) Ping
“I met my wife here,” said Joe Parrish.
After spending 16 years living in the Mission Hill area, Parrish, a 37-year-old realtor, describes the neighborhood as ‘perfect.’
“It’s...
By Audrey Cahyadi
Dorien Garnett, 40, greeted every passing person by name with a smile on his face. As the athletic director at the Tobin Community Center, Garnett has developed close bonds in Mission...
By William Goldstein and Kaela Anderson
From playing basketball in Mission Hill as a child to becoming the program supervisor at the Tobin / Mission Hill Community Center, Andrew Angus is a first-hand...
By Lin Yan
Waiting for a dance party to start at Tobin Community Center, 62-year-old Aida Marcial recalled the times when she and her mother attended community events together in Mission Hill. Marcial...
By Suhra Nahib
Justin Brogden, 31, has lived in Mission Hill for three and half years. He loves it. “You could be in [downtown] Boston within 20 minutes,” he said.
Brogden admitted that the...
Maya Isakharova, 80, once slept on a bleak, concrete slab in a one-room apartment with her seven siblings and mother. They rarely had covers or pillows and were in the middle of the Soviet Union.
“We...
By Taylor Driscoll
Puddingstone Tavern, located on Tremont Street near Brigham Center, was not busy at 6 p.m. on a Wednesday in September. There were four people at the bar, one of whom was chomping...
