BUILD — Self-Confidence, Agency, Engagement in Young Adults

BUILD provides opportunities for young adults to find their footing and self-confidence through entrepreneurship. We need them. Betsy Neptune tells us more.

Proem

I feel joy when my many worlds overlap, collide, and mush together. Upon reflection, of course, how could they not? Health touches everything, especially in its absence. Music feeds and soothes the soul (unless it grates). Health starts before birth and continues through actualization. When I met Betsy Neptune as a conga player and vocalist in the Latin band Lechuga Fresca, I didn’t know she was Executive Director of Boston BUILD, an entrepreneurship program for underserved high school students that teaches them how to build their own business while becoming the CEO of their own lives. Youth, entrepreneurship, self-care, self-confidence, equity, and inclusion — magic levers of best health.

Introducing Betsy Neptune

Betsy Neptune comes to BUILD with over 15 years of experience in community economic development in Latin America and the U.S. She is passionate about creating a world where everyone can have a job that they love and one through which they can grow and develop to have a positive impact. In her most recent role as the Chief of Economic Development for the Metropolitan Area…