Leadership Team

Staff

Laura Kurman, MA, LMFT, CPS
Senior Program Director of Watertown/Wayside Multi-Service Center

Laura oversees prevention, education and outreach programs. She has over 30 years of substance abuse prevention experience in a supervisory capacity and has been awarded multiple state and federal public health grants focused on prevention, youth development and health and wellness promotion. She is an experienced psychotherapist and holds a license in Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Certified Prevention Specialist

Stephanie Sunderland-Ramsey
WYC Program Coordinator

Stephanie has been Program Coordinator for the Watertown Youth Coalition at Wayside Multi-Service Center since October of 2000.  Stephanie’s passion for working with youth started when she was an adolescent herself, teaching art classes at the local Boys & Girls Club.  After receiving a degree in Psychology at University of Massachusetts, Stephanie has consistently focused on psycho-educational and prevention programming.  She is pleased to work in the Watertown community where she collaborates with youth and other adults who are also focused on the health of youth in the community.  Stephanie’s favorite activities are Pilates, running, reading and excursions with her children.

Christina Lupica
Youth Engagement Specialist, WYC Peer Leadership Advisor

Christina started at Wayside’s Multi-Service Center in September 2022. As the Youth Engagement Specialist, Christina collaborates with Watertown High Schoolers through the Watertown Youth Coalition Peer Leadership Program. The goals of this collective are to facilitate discussions about substance use and positive coping strategies in order to create constructive campaigns and events for the Watertown community. In addition to her work with the Watertown Peer Leaders, Christina has been working closely with Watertown Middle and High Schools to develop and implement wellness groups for 6-12th graders who are at risk for substance use, currently using, or wish to reduce their usage. These wellness groups are currently offered during the school day at the middle school and as an after school program at the high school. Christina looks forward to growing this program throughout the upcoming schoolyear. For more information on programming, email Christina at Christina_Lupica@waysideyouth.org .