Faces of New Bedford

Meet Christian Farland, a 36 year-old civil engineer from New Bedford. Living in the city his entire life, he felt a commitment to the community and decided to continue to live and raise his family here and start his career. After moving out of his home during his junior year …

Meet Courtney Saunders, a 29-year old hair dresser and business owner from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Being part of a family that has been in this city for generations, she is passionate about seeing growth and success in our lovely city. As co-owner of the Beehive hair salon she hopes to …

Meet Gildas Robert, a young creative from New Bedford. Growing up in the city he has always been inspired by the remnants of the architecture from New Bedford past. He enjoys to be by the ocean and loves the sailing and fishing culture. After a small stay at UMass Dartmouth …

Meet Meagan “Meaggsy” Borges, a 24-year-old marine fabricator and artist. After 8 long years of working at multiple McDonald restaurants in the area she left to work for Steele and Rowe, where she discovered her love for fashion design while crafting boat covers. Using the skills developed while working there, …

Meet Charlie Perry, an officer in the New Bedford Police department. After spending a year in the cadet program in 1987, he left for the academy and never looked back. In his almost 30 years of service, he has not only patrolled our streets to keep them safe, but has …

Meet Jordan Pina, New Bedford High School Educational Advisor by day and Female Varsity Basketball Head Coach by night. After graduating New Bedford High School in 2008, he left New Bedford to attend Wheelock College in Boston. Due to the impact that many role models, such as Coach DeBritto, had …

Meet Erik Andrade, a poet and activist who calls our beautiful city home. After moving here 20 years ago during his time at UMass Dartmouth, he fell in love with the rich history of social justice and the Cape Verdean community that New Bedford thrives from. Since then, he has …

Meet Dereck Boyd, a 22 year-old student at Bristol Community College. Although you may recognize him as your friendly bagger at Market Basket, there is more to Dereck than meets the eyes. He is also an aspiring dancer, singer, and actor who has a huge passion for fashion. He spends …

Meet Marcus Cusick, a recent graduate from the Fine Arts program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Here he is pictured preparing for the Seaport Artwalk, where he had several sculptures installed and a large mural of a lobster claw. When asked what it was about New Bedford that inspired …

Meet Nick Dompierre, professional skateboarder turned fitness expert. Growing up in New Bedford he was drawn to the skate culture that exploded from Solstice Skateboarding and had his humble beginnings at Livesey Skatepark. Later gathering several endorsement sponsors and turning professional he was able to travel the world and live …