… “I’m a Puerto Rico island girl and a Latina, just like them.” After graduating from the MGH Institute in 1996, Paris spent 13 years as a speech-language pathologist … on a districtwide listening tour during her first 100 days on the job, hearing from teachers, administrators, and parents about what works in the district and what … “I’m a Puerto Rico island girl and a Latina, just like them.” After graduating from the MGH Institute in 1996, Paris spent 13 years as a speech-language pathologist …