“I get to spend more one-on-one time with a younger version of myself and I am able to dispel myths about being an engineer and share the path I took to get where I am now.” Netia, FabLab Manager, Roxbury Innovation Center
Our experienced team matches the students to your business. Apprentice Learning’s unique approach guides you to provide an impactful experience that can ignite a sense of purpose, deepen skills and broaden a young person’s sense of their future in our community.
Roslindale / West Roxbury
ACE Hardware
Adi’s Bike World
Birch St. House & Garden
Pet Cabaret
The Thrift Shop of Boston
Tony’s Market
Jamaica Plain
40 South Street
Commonwealth Circus
Community Servings
Mike’s Fitness and Kate McNally, Trainer
Polka Dog Bakery
Station 8 Salon
Urban Improv
JP Comics
Downtown
Allen & Gerritsen
Barbara Lynch Gruppo
Emera Energy
Free Software Foundation
General Assembly
Jewish Vocational Services
Red Hat
State Street Bank
Trinity Financial
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Allston / Brighton
Area Planning Action Council
AWOL Clothing
Cradles to Crayons
The Harvard Ed Portal
Looney Tunes Records
MASS APPAREL
Mass Association for the Blind
Model ACE Hardware
Sandcastle
Vivant Vintage
Warrior Ice Arena
Roxbury
Boston Community Capital
Roxbury Innovation Center
Remote
Sugar Labs
Community Volunteer
Director, Bain Capital 
PHR, SHRM – CP Director Federal Home Loan Bank Boston 
Chief Development Officer Brookview House 
Head of Middle School, The Meadowbrook School of Weston 
Helen Russell is the Founder and Executive Director of Apprentice Learning. Over the past 30 years, Russell has advocated for connecting students and schools to their communities using hands-on learning experiences. She spent over a decade in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) in external affairs, program development and fundraising at Boston Arts Academy and the Mission Hill School. Prior to working with BPS she was an instructor and program director for Thompson Island Outward Bound and is a senior trainer at Project Adventure. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Boston College and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.