In just a few short years, Richard Johnson went from being new to the United States to working for the federal government—and Job Corps is the secret to his success. Richard was born in Liberia on the west coast of Africa; but when he was a young adult, his family chose to immigrate to the […]
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Orlando Henry
“Focus on why you went [to Job Corps] in the first place. If that reason isn’t good enough for why you should stay, expand on it. You need to know your why before doing something. If that why is big enough, you can do anything to achieve that goal.” Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Orlando Henry […]
Morgan Griffith
“If it weren’t for Job Corps, I wouldn’t be here where I am.” Morgan Griffith quit school in eighth grade. He had one job at a roofing company but was laid off in the wintertime. He didn’t know what he wanted to do in life and didn’t have anywhere to go. When Morgan turned 18, […]
Marc Stokes
Sometimes, something as simple as a flier can change your life. Philadelphia native Marc Stokes knew he wanted to pursue a career in a technical field but hadn’t decided how he would go about it. That’s when he saw a flier for Job Corps and learned that he could receive his training and education free […]
Jesus Buelna
“My life has made a full 360 after Job Corps. Job Corps worked for me.” Jesus Buelna moved out of his childhood home in Long Beach to live with his aunt in Hawthorne, Calif. He was new to the area and was struggling to maintain good grades in school. Jesus wasn’t certain school was the […]
Elijah Taybron
Before Job Corps, Elijah Taybron was working for FedEx in a warehouse. He was seeking a new opportunity and was interested in welding. Several members of his family were already welding at a local shipyard and encouraged Elijah to go to school and earn his welding certification. Elijah’s mother told him about Job Corps, and […]
Ralph Jean Baptiste
When Ralph Jean Baptiste arrived in the United States in 2014, he soon learned that due to his lack of English he wouldn’t be able to enroll in the Connecticut school system and finish his high school diploma. He decided to independently enroll in English classes so that he could go back to high school; […]
David Dressendorfer
When David Dressendorfer arrived at the Springdale Job Corps Center in Oregon, he hadn’t completed high school and was without a permanent residence. He was lost, but his mother’s fiancé told him about a program he had done as a young man also looking for direction—Job Corps. He left his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho, and […]
Tony Flowers
“The highlight of my time at Job Corps was my instructors. They made me who I am today.” When Tony Flowers first arrived at the Gary Job Corps Center, he was looking for a way to make money so he could purchase his own clothes. He had always worked dead-end jobs, including shoveling the snow […]
Michael Davis
Michael Davis always knew he wanted to work with electronics. He wrote his first interactive electronics program in his eighth grade history class and is now a leader at one of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world. Due to difficult life circumstances, Michael dropped out of high school. He worked low-paying jobs unrelated […]