Liz Casey
Liz Casey has worked primarily as a teacher, receiving her degree in elementary education from Lesley College. Her graduate work as a reading specialist was completed at Boston State College. She has been a teacher in the Boston, Cambridge, and Dedham public school systems, and tutored students in her own home.
More recently, she has been a consultant to the Brookline Public School's "Understanding Disabilities" program and a clinical adviser with the Tufts Medical School Standardized Patient training program.
She sits on the board of the Boston Community Medical Group, and remains a strong advocate at the Boston Center for Independent Living where she has been a member of the PCA program since 1986.
Over the years she has also participated in a variety of panels, public service announcements, and educational videos for the MS Society. She has been a member of their governance board since 2006. She received their "Community Activist" award in 2007.
Liz has been a strong advocate for an improvement in personal care attendant benefits and wages. She sees this as essential in developing a stable PCA workforce which will greatly improve long-term care for disabled citizens and seniors.