Alumni Spotlight

Brittany Hession (she/her)

Question: What was your MYL alumni year? (If you did not attend the conference, the year that you first volunteered!)  

Brittany's Response: 2010

Question: What high school did you go to? 

Brittany's Response: Westfield High School

Question: If you went to/are currently attending college, where did/do you go and what did you major in?

Brittany's Response: Boston College, Accounting

Question: If you are currently employed, what is your job? 

Brittany's Response: Associate Director, Accounting & Reporting at 2seventy bio

Question: Why do/did you volunteer with MYL/MassSTAR?

Brittany's Response: I believe that it is our young leaders who will ultimately make the change we all want to see. 

Question: What makes the Foundation unique?

Brittany's Response: It's an organization for young leaders that is run by young leaders - I think it is so powerful for our delegates and new alum to see what we preach in practice: motivated, engaged young citizens who are working to make the change they want to see.

Question: Are you still in touch with people from the conference? How do you stay in touch?

Brittany's Response: I am still in touch with a number of people from the conference via social media and overall MYL involvement and events. What has been even better is getting to expand my MYL network over the years to include so many other delegate years (I attended in 2010, so there have been many groups after mine!)

Question: What is your favorite activity from the MassSTAR Conference?

Brittany's Response: The final full group reflection

Question: What is your favorite MassSTAR cheer? 

Brittany's Response: MassSTAR Beat!

Question: What is a fun fact about yourself or something on your bucket list?

Brittany's Response: I ran the Boston Marathon for the MYL Foundation in 2018 - the weather was horrible but it was worth every mile!


​Want to talk with Brittany? Contact her at [email protected]
Responses were collected January 2023