Age: 18
Career Pathway: Culinary Arts
Enrolled: October 2020

Alondra is a recent graduate of Gage Park High School Class of 2020. She first connected with YJC during her senior year when seeking opportunities to pursue her dream of culinary arts. Although she was not a YJC seminar student, Alondra took it upon herself to connect with the Career Advisor at Gage Park to see what resources were available in her.

Alondra is friendly, patient, and determined. Over the summer, she applied to many jobs but could not find the right fit. After a few advising sessions with her YJC Career Advisor, she decided to enroll and was accepted into YJC’s Career Pathway program for Culinary Arts. And the good news doesn’t end there! Alondra is motivated and eager to succeed, and expressed an interest in pursuing an employment opportunity through our partnership at Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP). She is currently in the process of interviewing for a COVID-19 Contact Tracer position to further develop her interpersonal and bilingual customer service skills. We are excited to see Alondra transition from our in-school services as a high school student to our out-of-school services as a young adult and access all the different resources available to her through YJC!

Keep up the hard work Alondra!