Faces of New Bedford

Meet Stacey Mendonca, 42-year-old certified occupational therapist assistant for the New Bedford Public Schools. Stacey had lived a normal life that most in her position would, as an employee, wife, mother, and grandmother until an event that took place during the Summer of 2015 turned her life upside down. On …

Meet Raymond Ramos, 41-year-old production worker for Harvey Building Products and Cosplayer. Raymond has been an artist his entire life and started created costumes at the age of 10. Every year he would be constantly trying to out do his costume from the years prior. Along with his creation of …

Meet Craig DeMelo, 33-year-old teacher and musician. Craig grew up his entire life and graduated from New Bedford High in 2000. During his time in high school he started singing in a band called Affliction. Having been involved in chorus all throughout his childhood, he had always sang but wanted …

Meet Danielle Lopez, 21-year-old Honors student at Bridgewater State University. She is currently studying in Biology with the intention of obtaining her Doctorate in Dental Medicine. Although her current is very promising, thing’s haven’t always been so great. When Danielle was just 8 years old, her mother was working to …

Meet Paulo Duarte, 23-year-old store manager of U7 and co-brand owner at Longevity Co. Paulo has had a deep love for sneakers since he graduated high school, where he really started to get into the streetwear culture. From there he began collecting sneakers, learning the value in reselling exclusive sneaker …

Meet Carlos Araujo, 19-year-old photographer who spent his entire life in New Bedford. His passion for photography came about one day when his cousin Kathy asked him to do a photoshoot for her and her boyfriend. She placed a camera in his hand and, with no prior experience, started shooting …

Meet Brian Rudolph, 27-year-old teacher’s assistant, basketball player, and coach. Spending his whole life in New Bedford, Brian has always found an attraction to basketball, one that even landed him a position to play for Loyola University Maryland. After graduating with his Bachelors degree in Advertising and Public Relation, he …

Meet Victor Fernandes, 44-year-old mason contractor at Fernandes Masonry and co-founder of the Noah Foundation. Victor moved to New Bedford 28-years ago from Linhares DaBeira, Portugal. It wasn’t until their son, Noah, turned five that he was diagnosed with M.E.L.A.S. – a progressive and degenerative mitochondrial disease. Raising a child …

Meet John Brendon “JB” Macaroco, 22-year old aspiring business owner/fashion designer. JB works for his family’s business M&R ScreenPrinting, which was started in the basement of his grandfather’s house in 1982. The business continued to grow and expand up until 1996, when his grandfather decided to retire and sell the …

Meet Crystal Lister, a 31 year-old Medical Lab Technician, body coach, and cook. Crystal works for the Greater New Bedford Health Center. When she isn’t in the lab, her and her husband are the owners of Heathy Bites Meal Preps, which means she is constantly researching healthy meals and creatively …