Saint Joseph’s Literacy Connection helps immigrants Connect

All immigrants know that they need fluency in English to be successful in this country. Here is another wonderful program helping some of them to achieve this. - - Donna Poisl

By Pat B. Tarantino

Allston-Brighton - When Natasha Iftica immigrated to Boston from Albania, she found herself isolated in the most populous city in New England.

Without a command of written or spoken English, Iftica struggled to find a job, schedule a doctor’s appointment or even navigate the Registry of Motor Vehicles until she discovered the Literacy Connection, a program operated by Brighton’s Sisters of Saint Joseph to give recent immigrants and refugees one-on-one tutoring in English and professional skills.

Last week, Iftica stood with Literacy Connection’s director, Sister Pat Andrews of Saint Joseph’s, before community leaders who helped fund the Literacy Connection since its inception in 1987 to thank them for their continued support during their second annual community meeting at the Saint Joseph Motherhouse.
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