Sam Balto taught PE for three years at the Ellis Elementary school in Roxbury. While there, Sam started the Safe Routes to School program to support active transportation for students to school. Through advocacy efforts by Sam and the Roxbury community, the Ellis School last year was awarded the MassDOT Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Project Funding Program. Sam now lives and teaches in Portland, Oregon where he won the Weston Award for his child focused advocacy through Oregon Walks. Sam was recently a panelist for the Streets for Kids NACTO-GDCI webinar Rethinking School Streets in the Time of COVID-19.
Sam Balto
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