Shelby Hewitt, as a 32-year-old former state social ... and friends still struggle to understand why she would return to high school masquerading as a traumatized foster teen, even though in ...

The story of Shelby Hewitt — a 32-year-old social worker who posed as a Boston high school student for months — is as troubling as it is bizarre. In an in-depth investigation, Boston Globe ...

Thirty-two-year-old Shelby Hewitt is accused of enrolling in three Boston high schools from 2021-2023 -- all while working for the state Department of Children and Families. She was arrested in ...