Eliza Shaughnessy

Ambitious, Caring, Loyal she/her

Eliza Shaughnessy was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. After graduating from Barnstable High School in 2018, she attended the University of Vermont, where she pursued her B.A. in Psychological Science and a minor in Special Education and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. During the fall of her senior year, Eliza participated in the Semester in the City program through the College for Social Innovation, where she was a fellow for the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education (BIAAE), a non-profit organization working with disabled students of all ages at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. During her fellowship, she helped design and pilot the Nurturing Leaders Program. This program allows young adult and adolescent BIAAE students to undergo Career Readiness training and gain working experience with a paid internship. Promptly following graduation in May 2022, Eliza rejoined the BIAAE as an Administrative Assistant, working under the leadership of Dr. Rhoda Bernard, where she has been working since.

"For we walk by faith, not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 5:7