The Difficult Thing is Not to Reach the Top, but to Never Stop Climbing Flint – Jose Lopez came to GST Michigan Works! via the PATH program to overcome several barriers, most of which he thought he would not be able to get past. The core of his work experience was in the food service […]
Malia had big plans for her near future. Not only did she plan to get married in July of 2022, but also complete her Nursing degree in December with the least amount of debt as possible. Malia heard about the grant from a SVSU faculty member and immediately contacted GST Michigan Works! in Caro to […]
Makayla Kirkland attends Sandusky High School and the Sanilac Career Center. Makayla is currently attending the BIO Tech program. When originally interviewed by our Youth Staff, Makayla was a Junior in High School. Her only work history was at McDonalds. However, Makayla was interested in learning more about agriculture. After her interview, Eldon Preston, Business […]
Kara Gearhart is a Dislocated Worker participant from the Greater Flint Health Coalitionʼs Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities (FHEO) Program, a GST Michigan Works! service provider. Before joining the FHEO Program, Kara was a waitress but was interested in a career that would allow her to give back to others and would also provide job security. […]
Desmeanna Rivers is an Out of School Youth participant from the Greater Flint Health Coalitionʼs Flint Healthcare Employment Opportunities (FHEO) Program, a GST Michigan Works! service provider. Desmeanna first heard about the FHEO Program when she saw an advertisement on Facebook. She was working in a factory at the time but had the desire to […]
Areli was three semesters away from finishing her Civil Engineering program when she contacted GST Michigan Works! in Lapeer. She met more than one of the barriers in Local Defined Barriers to employment. She is a minority group with more than $5,000.00 in student loans, her education was less than an associate degree, and a […]
Eric came to GST Michigan Works! after leaving a local factory job where he was earning $16,80/hr. [He felt it was time to make a change. COVID-19 was making things challenging, but Eric thought this would be a great time to become a truck driver – out on his own in a pandemic. Eric qualified […]
When Olivia visited the GST Michigan Works! Service Center in Bad Axe, she was working as a Cashier, earning $10.50/hr. She had always desired to be a truck driver and inquired about services GST could offer to help her attain that goal! GSTMW was able to provide Olivia with funding to obtain her CDL certificate […]
Devine was referred to GST MI Works! from Tom McTaggart, Dealer Development, at Retrofoam in Montrose. Devine was a high school dropout that lived nearby and had lost his job due to a business closure. In addition to not completing his high school education, Devine was challenged with succeeding over familiar hardships and personal struggles. […]
Samantha came to GST Michigan Works! in Bad Axe during August of 2019, a single mother of 5 children working 3 part-time jobs as an EMT-B, earning between $10.50 and $14.25/hr. She decided it was a good time to move her career forward and enroll in Paramedic Training at STAT EMS in Flint. Samantha started […]