Faces of New Bedford

Meet Bethany Ramos, 37-year-old Realtor. Bethany grew up in the area and after high school, she started working for Citizens bank, which led to her working for several local banks throughout her career. She worked her way up from being a personal banker to branch manager, for the bank she …

Meet Tara Winterhalter, 31-year-old Leader Master Trainer of Buti Yoga and Owner of Ritual Sweat Society. Tara began dancing competitively at the age of 4 and continued throughout her childhood and teenage years. After completing her degree in Fashion Merchandising at Johnson and Wales, she opened a dancing studio, Motion …

Meet Sonya Ustinovich, 39 year old owner and teacher at Little Learners in Westport. Growing up, Sonya and her sister Nadine were raised in a home where their Mom had a childcare program for 26 years. After high school, she went on to receive her bachelors degree in psychology with …

Meet Chari Hurley, 35-year-old visiting nurse and owner/coach at Southcoast Storm Elite Cheerleading. Chari had been a cheerleader in high school but didn’t much to pursue it afterwards. With the push from her grandmother, she started the BCC Nursing program and graduated in 2009. While in the program, she stared …

Meet Nelson Linhares, 42-year-old financial coach. Nelson grew up in the south end of the city and knew that one day he wanted to get into business. After high school he got a business degree from UMass Dartmouth but due to the events of 9/11 and the market crash that …

Meet Thomas Riley, 65-year-old Executive Director and Founder of Better Community Living. Tom grew up in a time period where those with developmental disabilities faced a huge stigma from society and were often sent to live in state-funded schools. Upon graduating college with his bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Social Work and …

Meet Chris Johnson, 41-year-old Marketing Manager at SERVPRO of Dartmouth/New Bedford & SERVPRO of Marion/Middleboro. Chris got really interested in cooking during his teens, working at several restaurants and he even ran a café in California for a short period of time. He moved back to Massachusetts and after starting …

Meet Charles Hauck, 58-year-old sculptor and wood carver. Charles was born in Toledo, Ohio and lived there until he graduated from high school in 1977. His brother was working as an architect in New Bedford at the time, so Charles moved out to this area that summer to work. While …

Meet Roger DaSilva, 32-year-old Real Estate Agent. Roger grew up in the cities south end, where he faced many adversities in his youth. He has a vivid memory of having the new house they were moving into robbed before they had officially moved in. Seeing all of the activity that …

Meet Ian Yates, 35-year-old CDL driver and co-owner of Yell 4 Fun. Ian grew up in the North end of the city his entire life and after graduating from high school, he decided to get his Commercial Driver’s License and began driving trucks for several local shipping and production companies. …