Nikki R FlionisNikki R. Flionis has worked with diverse staff, youth and families in low-income neighborhoods of Boston for over two decades. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College with an AB in English, she also earned a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard ennedy School and a Masters in Fine Arts from the Stonecoast MFA program at University of Southern Maine. With fellow HKS graduate, Anne Carrabino, she co-founded MissionSAFE: A New Beginning, Inc., a youth and community empowerment organization, in 1997. She is a longtime Boston resident and has been active in issues around affordable housing, community safety, youth and community empowerment, Flionis resides in the Fenway neighborhood. This is her first book. Read More Read Less