NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — ROOTS Teen Center has hired Amelia Wood as the new Executive Director.

 

In this new position, Wood aims to meet the interests and needs of teens by creating partnerships with Northern Berkshire school systems and local organizations, artists, and collaborators.

 

Wood, a North Adams native, graduated from Drury High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where she studied Fine & Performing Arts and Sociology. Wood spent the last decade in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her early career was focused on early childhood art and museum education.

 

Roots Teen Center is located on 51 Ashland St.

 

Roots Teen Center, founded in 2015, was created to be a place in Northern Berkshire County where Youth ages 13-19 are heard, encouraged and empowered.