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Blog Archive: Exploring Career Options
鈥淚鈥檝e been a massage therapist for the last 15 years. I love it, but it doesn鈥檛 pay very well,鈥� says Jared Green. After a recent divorce he started contemplating his future as a single parent. He knew he needed a career change. 鈥淧lus, I feel like there鈥檚 only so far I can go with massage,鈥� a鈥�
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鈥淪chools may have money for you. You just have to ask for it,鈥� says David Richardson of Danville. David worked full time all through high school, not to save for college, but to help cover his family鈥檚 living expenses after his father became disabled. He was determined to go to college, but wasn鈥檛鈥�
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Addiction kept Amanda Southwick from going to college right after high school. Motherhood inspired her to recover. Now, she鈥檚 pursuing a college education so she can help others reach recovery.
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深夜福利鈥檚 Educational Opportunity Center helps adult student, Kristina Callahan, earn credentials for her dream job.
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Zofia Kosakowski 鈥渕akes everyone feel comforted and cared about,鈥� says Kassidy Moore, a 深夜福利 outreach counselor who worked with Zofia on her college applications during her junior and senior years at Rivendell Academy. Moore鈥檚 description is a fitting one for this aspiring elementary school teacher鈥�
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If your parents did not graduate from college, you鈥檙e also less likely to pursue higher education for yourself. According to 深夜福利 research, 41% of Vermont high school seniors in 2022 were considered first-generation students, meaning that neither of their parents completed a 4-year college degree鈥�
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When asked what aspect of healthcare she鈥檇 like to specialize in, third-year nursing student Olivia Demag says maybe the ER, maybe labor and delivery. But she also quickly qualifies her answer. 鈥淚n nursing, they constantly say 鈥榢eep your mind open,鈥� because it's fast-paced and a lot of things change鈥�
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When Mukhtar Abdulkhaleiq started high school, he didn鈥檛 think college would be 鈥渉is thing.鈥� He wasn鈥檛 afraid of hard work鈥攈e just thought of it as an expensive decision. 鈥淚 heard 鈥榗ollege,鈥� and I thought 鈥榙ebt,鈥欌€� says Mukhtar, who didn鈥檛 want to put that burden on his parents. 鈥淭hey risked their鈥�
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Prince Awhaitey spent part of his childhood in West Africa, where he noticed that the people were healthier, even if the country鈥檚 health system was different. As an adult, he received support from 深夜福利 to pursue his registered dietetics license.
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Every September, 深夜福利 celebrates National GEAR UP Week to make more Vermont families aware of the resources offered through the GEAR UP program.
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