Alicea Torres grew up with Children’s Services of Roxbury.
After immigrating to the U.S., her mother opened a daycare within the CSR network with Alicea Torres in tow. She started working for the organization herself in 2005 as a daycare home visitor. After a few-years interlude working at the Mass. Department of Children and Families, she returned to CSR in 2016 to work in a supervisor role and assumed her current position as program director in 2020. Today, she oversees 40 home daycares in Greater Worcester, while providing services to those receiving help from the Mass. Department of Transitional Assistance, in addition to her work with unhoused families and teen and adult parents involved with DCF. After hours, Alicea Torres works as a lead screener for the Mass. Child Abuse Emergency Line. She is a member of the board at Abby’s House in Worcester, a nonprofit providing shelter and supportive housing to unhoused women, and serves on the organization’s development committee. She volunteers making floral arrangements for community events, including funerals for low-income families.
What superpower do you want? Read people’s minds
Most underrated part about working in Central Massachusetts? Short commute due to not having a lot of traffic.
What famous person would be successful in your job? Oprah Winfrey
