Mica Kanner-Mascolo

mkannermascolo@wbjournal.com

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

2024 Power 100: Adriana Vaccaro

After founding Culture Redesigned in 2018 in Shrewsbury, Adriana Vaccaro is at the forefront of a small, new wave of entrepreneurs and businesses in Central Mass. helping companies fill their job vacancies amid the ongoing workforce shortage while achieving their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

2024 Power 100: Rozanna Penney

Penney has become the sole Heywood CEO and invested her efforts into turning around the healthcare system’s finances while focusing on the needs of communities.

2024 Power 100: Carolyn Jackson

As the leader of the largest for-profit hospital system in Central Massachusetts and the region’s second largest hospital, Jackson has been the focus of the ire of politicians and workers for nearly all of 2024.

2024 Power 100: Steve Kerrigan

Just three years after joining the health center, Kerrigan reported in his 2022 “From the Desk” letter it had provided care to a then record-breaking 31,356 patients in 85 languages, issuing 137,707 prescriptions.

2024 Power 100: Kurt Isaacson

Kurt Isaacson and Spectrum Health Systems stand at the forefront of treating the rising problem of addiction.

2024 Power 100: Lou Brady

After the coronavirus pandemic threw an already strained healthcare system into chaos, Lou Brady appears to have pulled FHCW out of a deep dive and turned around a once-tenuous financial position.

2024 Power 100: Dr. Eric Dickson

The past 12 months have been full of ups and downs for Dickson and UMass Memorial, while he navigated the turmoil in the healthcare industry.

Arts & Entertainment

Seventh annual Latin American Business Expo to be held at DCU Center

With the theme of launch, grow and thrive, the Latin American Business Organization’s seventh annual Latin American Business Expo will be held Saturday to highlight the efforts of Latinos, women, and minority-owned businesses.

Education

Husband and wife to develop AI math tutor with WPI, $4M in funding

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is expanding its commitment to generating innovative technology, this time with a three-year, multi-million dollar initiative to develop an artificial intelligence math tutor designed to support middle school students struggling with math and unable to afford private tutoring.

Economy

Central Mass. unemployment rates drop in March

Central Massachusetts has experienced a decrease in unemployment rates from February to March as the four local metropolitan areas reported on by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development all saw drops.

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