Foundation Fellow, Eastern Bank Foundation
Dina joined the Foundation in 2024 with the merger of Cambridge Trust and brings 36+ years of experience working with nonprofit organizations, affordable housing agencies, and community development corporations throughout Greater Boston and Southern NH. She spent the past eighteen years at Cambridge Trust, where she created and grew comprehensive CRA and Community Partnership & Development Programs, as well as a Nonprofit Practice (serving over 1,200 clients). She has strong expertise in helping people achieve equitable access to first time home ownership.
As an Eastern Bank Foundation Fellow focused on advancing systems change for safe and affordable housing, Dina continues to work in an “all-in” way that embodies her “Why” -- which she describes as building community bridges and making a difference. Having grown up seeing her parents’ challenging journey as immigrants in Boston, Dina brings a deep commitment to social justice and racial equity. She founded Cambridge Trust’s LGBTQ+ Pride Alliance; co-chaired the DEI Committee; was heavily involved in their Women’s ERG and served as the Vice Chair of the Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation. She spends most of her free time serving the community, including as the President of Casa Myrna Vasquez’s Board of Directors and as a volunteer for ESOL programs and the preparation of immigrants for the U.S. citizenship test.