Peter Alvarez

1996 MAX Fellow
Solomon Lewenberg School (now closed),
Boston, MA 

In 1996, Peter used his award-winning essay to highlight his mother’s courage in the face of racism at her own business. Peter writes:

 “I think that the courage curriculum helped me become a better writer, but it also helped me think about courage and where I have seen it. My story helped me see courage in my mother; I wrote about my mother experiencing racist attacks on her business, and sadly, this theme is still relevant today. Putting her experience into writing helped me appreciate what she was going through, and allowed me to combat the discrimination she faced by speaking out about it.” 

Peter joined MAXCourage’s Advisory Board in 2023.

Today, Peter is an Executive Director at Atlantic Global Risks in Boston. He has extensive experience serving as a strategic and risk advisor for both private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers on Mergers and Acquisition transactions in the U.S. and internationally, and his experience spans a variety of industries, including healthcare, technology, telecommunications, life sciences and financial services. Peter graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College. After graduating, he joined Teach for America, teaching middle school for two years in Houston, Texas before returning to Boston to teach in Boston Public Schools. Peter then attended Boston University School of Law as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellow. Prior to joining the Atlantic team, he worked as a corporate mergers and acquisitions attorney at Choate, Hall & Stewart.