Collin Knight was born and raised in Roxbury, and he genuinely believes in giving back to my community. He went to a predominantly white private school and always heard them speak of the school as our community. “I realized early on that their idea of WE didn’t exactly include ME, so I took that idea of community back to Roxbury.” Collin started off working as a paraprofessional in the Boston Public Schools, teaching theater and Improvisation.
He then went on to become an actor-educator for a theater nonprofit that focused on using Improvisation to tackle issues like peer pressure, friendship, bullying, etc. It created a safe space for students to express themselves about the topics that mattered to them. In 2018 Collin started exploring other ways to support the community and left his job in June of 2019 to pursue Live Like A Local Tours Boston.
Giving back to his community has been a lifelong mission. Aspiring to make an immediate impact by creating a business model that uses some of the revenue from providing tours to circulate dollars back into the neighborhood. Live Like A Local’s goal is to connect people to Roxbury’s history from a native’s perspective by nurturing and building solid and sustainable relationships with local businesses of color.
Collin Knight was born and raised in Roxbury, and he genuinely believes in giving back to my community. He went to a predominantly white private school and always heard them speak of the school as our community. “I realized early on that their idea of WE didn’t exactly include ME, so I took that idea of community back to Roxbury.” Collin started off working as a paraprofessional in the Boston Public Schools, teaching theater and Improvisation.
He then went on to become an actor-educator for a theater nonprofit that focused on using Improvisation to tackle issues like peer pressure, friendship, bullying, etc. It created a safe space for students to express themselves about the topics that mattered to them. In 2018 Collin started exploring other ways to support the community and left his job in June of 2019 to pursue Live Like A Local Tours Boston. Giving back to his community has been a lifelong mission. Aspiring to make an immediate impact by creating a business model that uses some of the revenue from providing tours to circulate dollars back into the neighborhood. Live Like A Local’s goal is to connect people to Roxbury’s history from a native’s perspective by nurturing and building solid and sustainable relationships with local businesses of color.