Looking Back, with Gratitude
Trevor joined YouthBuild halfway through his senior year of high school when he recognized he wasn’t going to be able to graduate on time. He recalls, “Conventional schooling just didn’t work out for me,” and after seeing one of his friends enjoying YouthBuild, he decided to enroll. As a program graduate, he is thankful […]
Finding Meaning
Justin Perkins was “seriously slacking” in his 20s, but once he began to raise his family, he knew he wanted to improve his life. He enrolled in Construction 101 in December of 2018 with the hopes of finding more stable and fulfilling work. Before Justin’s time with ReSOURCE, he noted that his ADHD was […]
Rakesh’s Journey
Rakesh moved to Vermont in 2014 when he was 19 years-old. A Bhutanese native, Rakesh was expelled from the country after the “One Nation, One People” policy was adopted and Bhutanese minorities were forced to leave Bhutan. At age 11, Rakesh, his uncle, and his brother moved to Nepal and lived in Beldangi 2 Refugee […]
