Lorinda Visnick turned 60 and immediately began an internship at the Massachusetts State House, boarding the commuter rail from her Beverly home for the first day. Interning in her sixties followed a realization that both her parents died at 59 and that turning 60 was not guaranteed in her family. A first-generation college graduate and mother of four, she thought she would not pursue education beyond a bachelor's degree. She is now pursuing a PhD in public policy at UMass Boston after a twelve-year tenure on the Beverly School Committee and work with affordable housing groups. She took a State House internship after her first PhD year and worked for Sen. Jason Lewis while standing for reelection to the school committee.
When Lorinda Visnick turned 60 in May, her siblings threw her a birthday party. Just a few days later, she woke up early and took the commuter rail from her Beverly home to the Massachusetts State House for the first day of her internship. Interning at the State House in her sixties was not originally part of the plan - Visnick admitted she wasn't sure she'd even live that long.
"I thought, there's no way in hell that I'm ever getting anything more than my bachelor's degree, because even that at the time, felt very overwhelming," Visnick, a first generation college graduate, said. The mother of four is currently pursuing a PhD in public policy at UMass Boston, partly inspired by her work for the Beverly School Committee. She has served on the committee for 12 years and is now up for reelection.
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