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Biotech bound: For blue-collar apprentices, biomanufacturing can be a ticket to the middle class

By: Robert Weisman on Dec 25, 2023

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The article focuses on the shifts in career pathways within biotech and how skills training can unlock access to economic mobility for marginalized talent. Reporter Robert Weisman mentioned the MassBIO Bioversity training program launching in January 2024 and segways into the mention of Year Up also being a training program provider to help prepare workers for jobs in biotech. 

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