Talia Rivera's bio

Talia Rivera, a Boston native and resident, is a 33-year-old mother of a teenage daughter and an eight-year-old son. As Executive Director of Villages Without Walls, she seeks to reduce violence by working with eight extremely high-risk gang members from across Boston’s violent inner-city neighborhoods. (She calls them “my boys.”) She and her husband also serve as youth pastors at a local church.

Read the Boston Globe's interview with Talia.