In 1991, with three young children at home and a demanding job, Bert enrolled in the MBA program at UMass Boston.
Think about what this meant: leaving work, driving to campus, sitting in evening classes on accounting, marketing, organizational theory, strategic management—then coming home to help with homework, to be a father, to be a husband—then doing it all again the next day. For four years.
On December 29, 1994, he received his MBA from the College of Management. His cumulative GPA was 3.57.
It started at Harvard Extension in 1978, when he was a janitor who barely spoke English. It ended at UMass Boston in 1994, when he walked across a stage to receive a master's degree in business administration.
UMass Boston, 1994
With Maria, Laura, Anthony, Danny, and cousin Chris
His aunt had sold her land so he could go to seminary. He had made it count.