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Northshore October 2025
Growing up in Andover, Elizabeth Walther-Grant was often the only person of color in her class at school—and sometimes the only one in her entire grade. “I felt alone a lot of times, because I was surrounded by people who didn’t necessarily know what it’s like to live in a place where you don’t see anybody else who looks like you,” says Walther-Grant, cofounder of Merrimack Valley Black and Brown Voices, a support and advocacy organization for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) on the North Shore.  Walther-Grant, who is 25, was far from the only person feeling that way, somewhat to her surprise. Scrolling th
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