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Shannon Mumblo
Executive Director, Christina’s House
  She Helps Homeless Moms and Kids Achieve Stability and Independence
“Growing up, I was the child who lived in a situation with an alcoholic mom, who lived in an apartment with just a mattress on a floor and didn’t always know where my next meal was going to come from.”
Shannon was a nurse and licensed clinical social worker at Baystate Medical Center at the time, but
mattress on a floor and didn’t always know where my next meal was going to come from.”
Fortunately, her grandmother stepped in. “She became the person for me that was my encouragement, that provided me with the love and support that I needed to allow me to have opportunities in life that I feel like I would not have been able to have with my mom,” Mumblo told BusinessWest.
And she saw Christina’s House as a way to help children be reunified with their mothers, and to help women realize their full potential and be the best parents they could be, she explained, “so that those children can grow up with their moms or have the opportunity to have a relationship with their mom that they might not otherwise have had. That’s how I started to be involved.”
Today, as executive director of Christina’s
House, Shannon Mumblo has grown the
organization to two large homes in Springfield,
each serving up to 16 individuals at any given
time, who live there for up to two years not only
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