Meet Albany’s Batman, Paul Collins-Hackett

The first-ever Superhero Academy was in full swing. The campers, who created their own superhero names, like Crafty Brain and Blackout, were learning a real-life superpower: financial literacy.

There are the fictional superheroes, the ones we read about in comic books. Then there are the everyday superheroes. If Paul “Batman” Collins-Hackett gets his way, the campers, age 8 to 13, will achieve lifelong everyday superhero status.

He took over as the executive director of The RED Bookshelf five years ago, tasked with expanding the program…

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