Staff Directory
Executive Team

Executive Director Mary Rose Durante
Mary Rose Durante is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Notre Dame Education Center in South Boston. A well-regarded C-level strategist and attorney, she assumed her role in June, 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Durante had been the Center’s Finance Director.

Program Director Paula Jurigian
Paula Jurigian, SND, is a member of Notre Dame Education Center’s senior leadership team and is the NDEC Program Director. As Program Director, she manages the Center’s adult and youth education programs: ESOL, Workforce Readiness and Career Pathways, the Youth Services Program, and Adult Basic Education/HiSET Preparation; and is director of the Distance Learning (ESOL) Hub for Massachusetts. All told, these programs serve more than 700 students every year. She oversees all of the Center’s program design, curriculum, assessment, and delivery.
Leadership Team


Leah Moschella
Workforce Readiness and Career Pathways Program Manager
Phone: (617) 268-1912 ex. 222
Email: lmoschella@ndecboston.org

Anna Fernandez-Buehrens
ABE and HiSET Program Manager
Phone: (617) 268-1912 ex. 247
Email: afernandezb@ndecboston.org

Margaret Lanen, SND
Distance Learning Coordinator
Phone: (617) 268-1912 ex. 303
Email: mlanen@ndecboston.org

Emily MacMillan
Youth Services Program Manager
Phone: (617) 268-1912 ex. 384
Email: emacmillan@ndecboston.org