Constance Currie was the executive director and face of Neighborhood House from 1918-1957. Her determination and leadership still have a positive and lasting effect on the West Side community through the scholarship named in her honor. Formidable, determined, and dedicated to Neighborhood House’s mission, Currie built a legacy of education and service, as detailed in an article in the St. Paul Almanac:

Anyone who knows the history of Neighborhood House on St. Paul’s West Side probably knows the name Constance Currie … Surrounded by people from other countries with unfamiliar customs and speaking unfamiliar languages, Miss Currie was determined to make her time at Neighborhood House matter. She felt a community must be built on a foundation of personal relationships, so one of her first steps as new director was to get a job with the school department taking a city census. She and her assistant gathered statistical information door-to-door and soon could greet every neighbor by name …

Many say that under her leadership, Neighborhood House was transformed into the oasis of hope and possibility it is today. People still look to Neighborhood House to find a teacher, an interpreter, a counselor, a confidante in times of trouble, and a community of friends. Services like emergency assistance, programs for children, adults, and seniors, English classes, cultural empowerment groups, transitional services for newly arrived immigrants, and scholarships are still offered.