Annissa Essaibi-George (CAS’96) has been connected to BU since childhood, as her dad worked as a security guard on campus. Now, Annissa, who owns Stitch House Dorchester and is a city council in Boston, is using her unique set of skills to support campus’ (and the city’s) essential workers. With donations from her own supplies and the BU Barnes & Noble, she is creating hundreds of masks for the BU police staff, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh even recently wore one of her creations at a press conference. 

In lieu of profit, with each of her masks, Annissa suggests a donation to Winter Walk Boston, to help homeless families in the area. You can read more about Annissa’s work at BU Today.

Photo by Bára Buri on Unsplash