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Shalimar Blakely
Shalimar Blakely, now 28, has faced many obstacles in
her life.
By the time she was 16 years-old, she was
already a mother of two, on public assistance. Although Shalimar was
an honor roll student, she was not motivated to continue school.
“There weren’t too many people in my surroundings who attended
school regularly,” she recalls. “Without realizing it, I was
becoming a victim of my environment.”
A close family member
convinced Shalimar to return to school. She enrolled at Youth
Service, Inc. (YSI) to complete her high school education, and it
was through YSI that she learned about MCC. “YSI always stressed how
important it was to obtain skills you could use in the corporate
world. They didn’t offer that type of training but helped you get
into programs that did.” (MORE)
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