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Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.

Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion
Banking & Finance

UMass Memorial Health awards $5M for 18 Worcester County nonprofits to bolster community care

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester has awarded nearly $5 million in grants to 18 Worcester County nonprofits, aimed at bettering health outcomes and increasing access to care for underserved community members.
Health Care

U.S. News: UMass Memorial Medical Center is a top five Mass. hospital

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester fell one spot down in 2023 in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of best hospitals in Massachusetts but still stayed among the top five in the state.
Economy

Anna Maria College president to retire

Anna Maria College President Mary Lou Retelle will retire at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year following more than a decade with the Catholic institution of higher learning in Paxton.
Arts & Entertainment

Family Health Center of Worcester launches new fundraiser, hopes to set donation record

Family Health Center of Worcester, which is just coming off a year of financial troubles, is reimagining its fall fundraiser with the theme of celebrating Worcester’s culturally diverse communities.
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Banking & Finance

Central Mass. business confidence drops into pessimistic territory again

The Central Massachusetts business confidence descended past neutrality and into pessimistic territory in June, making it the least confident region in Massachusetts. 
Diversity & Inclusion

Quinsigamond Community College VP to take over as MassBudget president

MassBudget, a Boston-based think tank promoting equitable policy advancements, has named a vice president at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester as the not-for-profit’s new president, starting Aug. 1.
Banking & Finance

Central Mass. receives cut of $6.7M in federal funding to fight veteran homelessness

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits were among seven Massachusetts organizations to split $6.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to support their outreach and case-management services targeted at ending veteran homelessness.
Diversity & Inclusion

Nativity School officially opens first-ever girls division

The formerly all-boys Jesuit middle school Nativity School of Worcester has welcomed its first cohort of 5th and 6th grade girls into its Julie Power Girls Division.
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Diversity & Inclusion

Hologic: U.S. ranks 30th in women’s health, as care is no better off since height of COVID

Women’s global health has not improved since the height of the pandemic, and in some cases, their health has decreased. In fact, though the U.S. has the highest healthcare spending out of all polled countries, it ranked 30th in the world in regards to women’s health.
Economy

UMass Memorial execs lead list of the highest-paid nonprofit leaders in Central Mass.

UMass Memorial Health executives constitute six of the 18 highest-paid nonprofit chief executives in Central Massachusetts when ranked by total compensation for the most recent fiscal year available.
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