18-year-old Mikey Milano of Dorchester, a member at local non-profit My Brother’s Keeper (MBK617), sang the national anthem on May 28 at Fenway Park as the Red Sox played the Miami Marlins.
Milano, who is pursuing a burgeoning music career, said he had to shake off some pre-performance jitters: “In the buildup to it I was nervous because I didn’t know how the crowd would react, but once I got up on the platform I knew I just had to do it for the city…I did it to make it an open door for other young kids of my color, of my ethnicity–we don’t get in those doors often.”
MBK617 aims to dismantle social, economic, and educational barriers for the youth of Boston.
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