Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Alumni
  • Login
  • Volunteer
  • Clubs
  • Reunions
  • Magazine
  • Class Notes
  • Help
  • Give Now
  • Stories
  • Alumni Directory
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Careers
  • Programs & Events
  • Giving
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Alumni→
  • Stories→

Stories

Stories

27 Jul 2016

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Re: Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000)
Topics: Education-Public EducationSociety-Welfare or WellbeingHealth-Health Care and Treatment
ShareBar

Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path.

“Two of the biggest influences in my life were my grandparents, my grandfather and grandmother. I spent my summers candy-striping at the hospital with my grandmother. You didn’t get to go swimming and skiing, you were actually working in the hospital, twice a week, as a six-year-old, seven-year-old, eight-year-old. My grandparents really taught me that there was a greater good that we should be part of.

“Because of HBS, I was able to bring management skills into the nonprofit world. We bring social workers into schools where children are dealing with so many barriers, most of which have to do with growing up in poverty. Their social, emotional, and cognitive abilities are often delayed, and through counseling programs, through mental health services, we address those issues. We work not only to fix schools but also to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

“When I get to see the effect of our programs on the schools and the children that we work with, it’s really powerful. You can make an impact! I’m reminded of that every day.

(Published July 2016)

Support the next generation of leaders Make a gift now
ShareBar

Featured Alumni

Margaret Crotty
MBA 2000
Login to send a message

Post a Comment

Featured Alumni

Margaret Crotty
MBA 2000
Login to send a message

Related Stories

    • 22 Feb 2022
    • HBS Alumni Bulletin

    Vision: Learning Curve

    Re: Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019); Ashish Dhawan (MBA 1997); Sid Yog (MBA 2004); By: Alexander Gelfand
    • 02 Sep 2021
    • HBS Alumni Bulletin

    Back to School

    Re: Nicholas Simmons (MBA 2019); Ray Dalio (MBA 1973); By: Julia Hanna
    • 25 Aug 2021
    • Making A Difference

    Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

    Re: Melissa Megliola (MBA 2000)
    • 01 Dec 2020
    • HBS Alumni Bulletin

    In the Zone

    Re: Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA 2012); Hayling Price (MBA 2016); By: Julia Hanna

More Related Stories

 
 
 
ǁ
Campus Map
External Relations
Harvard Business School
Teele Hall
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 1.617.495.6890
Email: alumni+hbs.edu
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
  • Terms of Use
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.