Baby Steps: Tracing One Educator’s Path to Her Dream Job
With help from an education-centered nonprofit, an early childhood educator embarks on a quest to achieve her lifelong career goal.
The Daisy Chain of Events
One transgender student confronts her challenges and finds success as she returns school to obtain her GED.
Dogged Attitudes: A Graduation Tale
Bad News Sir Hamilton Bones moped on the floor, his chin resting on his paws. His brow sloped into sad angles as he watched his beloved human, Sayrah Sims, digest the bad news that had just dinged her inbox. Sir [...]
Unfinished Business
A working dad conceals from his children the fact that he has returned to school to complete his GED. But he was always a hero in their eyes.
When Grace Orders
A student with social anxiety and failed classes, attends our GED classes and finds relief in a welcoming environment that suits her needs.
A Fuller Map
Career advisor, Mary Fuller, helps students reach vocational goals, complete college applications, and attain living-wage careers
Loud and Clear: How Michael Heard His Future Calling
A sensory processing disorder prevented a young man from completing his education, until he found our GED classes who accommodated his needs.
Bread for Success
A bread maker from Argentina works to improve his English skills and obtain U.S. Citizenship. This stability will help launch his bakery shop
Two Suitcases, Two Women, and the Road to U.S. Citizenship
Marie Roessler volunteers her time at the Education Center helping immigrants study for and obtain U.S. Citizenship.
Dreams, Best If Used By
Do dreams come with expiration dates? When should you rule out a goal as out of reach or impossible? Ed Lettman was days away from high school graduation when the principal expelled him. The offense? “Fraternizing,” Lettman alludes with his [...]