{"id":10052,"date":"2025-10-06T08:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/?p=10052"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:18:58","slug":"welcome-lessley-columna-to-assisting-hands-boston-nw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/bostonnw\/massachusetts\/blog\/welcome-lessley-columna-to-assisting-hands-boston-nw\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Lessley Columna to Assisting Hands \u2013 Boston NW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-10053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880.jpg\" alt=\"Lessley Columna joins Assisting Hands Boston Northwest as Community Liaison, bringing experience in healthcare studies, care coordination, and community support.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%27990%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%20990%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%27990%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-200x77.jpg 200w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-400x155.jpg 400w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-600x232.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-800x309.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-1024x396.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-1200x464.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880-1536x594.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/10\/timeline-post_Lessley-Columna_intro_Boston-NW-scaled-e1759515462880.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>We are delighted to announce that Lessley Columna has joined our <a href=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/massachusetts\/bostonnw\/about\/meet-leadership-team\/\">team <\/a>as Community Liaison.<\/h3>\n<p>Lessley holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Healthcare Studies from Salem State University. Her professional journey began as a Community Health Worker, where she spent over a year working directly with diverse populations to improve access to care and connect them with essential resources. This experience sparked a deep commitment to health equity and community support.<\/p>\n<p>She later served as a Care Coordinator at a veterinary clinic for nearly three years, where she expanded her administrative and customer service skills, all while providing a welcoming and supportive experience for clients.<\/p>\n<p>With a deep commitment to community connection and equitable access to services, Lessley is proud to support the mission of Assisting Hands. Outside of work, Lessley enjoys painting and spending time outdoors, often exploring local trails and parks through walks and hikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Lessley Columna has joined our team as Community Liaison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":10053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[263,968,1027,1026],"class_list":["post-10052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assisting-hands-news-events","tag-assisting-hands","tag-assisting-hands-boston-nw","tag-community-liaison","tag-lessley-columna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10052"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10061,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10052\/revisions\/10061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}