1 Attachment B: Client Testimonial
“He finally felt connected, at peace, and a part of the community.” Fernando, a 24-year-old immigrant from Central America, came to the San José area with his mom three years ago. He spent his first few years working part-time, temporarily, and living in a variety of unstably housed situations. Fernando attended one of work2future’s job fairs and decided to take full advantage of the available career counseling, job readiness training, and job placement support. He also attended a web design training supported by work2future and, upon completion, obtained a job working with the Information Technology Department of a large hospitality chain. With his steady, higher salary, he was able to secure stable housing for his mom and himself. As he shared with his work2future case manager at the time, he “finally felt connected, at peace, and a part of the community.” Fernando is now enrolled at Mission College.
Just as exciting is that he is working at the Stanford Science Department, supporting artificial intelligence-based research focused on combatting various life-threatening medical conditions.