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			<span class="PageTitle">Success Stories</span><BR><P><I>Updated&nbsp;December 4,&nbsp;2006 </I>
<P><I>Our JCG Alums Success Stories Page gives some of our alums the opportunity to share their life stories after graduating from high school and the JCG program.&nbsp; If you would like to contact any of the highlighted alums that have not provided an email address, please <A HREF="mailto:pblack@jcgemail.org">click here</A>.&nbsp; If you would like to share your story with other alums, please complete the <A HREF="http://www.jobsforcincinnatigraduates.org/alumni/register/">alumni registration form</A> and be sure to answer all the questions.&nbsp; This page will be updated frequently.</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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<BR><B>Tikheta (Hayes) Johnson-</B> <I>Woodward High School, class of 2002</I> . I am currently working at JP Morgan Chase Mortgage Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. I&nbsp; attended Cincinnati State and the University of Cincinnati,&nbsp;and currently&nbsp;work full time. My experience with JCG&nbsp;helped me develop confidence in myself which I never had before. It helped me prepare for the working world by being able to build a great resume that big corporations look for. Everything I have learned through JCG I have been able to apply in the work place and my personal life. 
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<P><B>Courtney Roebuck</B> - <I>Winton Woods High School,</I> <I>class of 2000.</I> "I am currently working as an Instructor Assistant at Burton Elementary.&nbsp; It feels good to have a job where I can make a difference in the lives of children." 
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<BR><B>Brandy Miller</B> - <I>Woodward High School, class of 2000.</I> &nbsp; "I have been in the Air Force Reserves for a little over 4 years now and I just got a promotion to Staff Sergeant.&nbsp; I will be deploying to Scott Air Force Base in Illionois in September.&nbsp; I am also enrolled in the nursing program at Cincinnati State and I have a 3.4 G.P.A." 
<P><B>Benita Kerson</B> - <I>Taft High School, class of 1987</I> .&nbsp; "After graduating from OSU, I pursued my career in nursing.&nbsp; I have spent most of that time being employed at Health Alliance.&nbsp; I really enjoy being a registerd nurse.&nbsp; It's a rewarding profession." 
<P><B>Domonique King</B> &ndash; <I>Taft High School, class of 1989</I>.&nbsp; Domonique entered Thomas Moore College soon after graduation, before joining the Navy in 1990.&nbsp; She was stationed and lived in Newport, R.I.&nbsp; Upon leaving the Navy in 1992, she attended school in Warwick, R.I., before moving back to Cincinnati in 1994.&nbsp; She worked with special needs children and adults before joining the family business, Washington's Limousine &amp; Silver Coach/ Washington&rsquo;s Yellow Bus Company, with her father, James Washington.&nbsp; The company closed in 2003 and Domonique started her own cleaning company, <U>DK Cleaning</U>.&nbsp; For information on her business or to reach Domonique, please email <A HREF="mailto:domoniquekc@fuse.net">domoniquekc@fuse.net</A>.&nbsp; 
<P><B>Vicki Wilkins </B>&ndash; <I>Aiken High School, class of 1984</I>.&nbsp; Vicki finished high school with a diploma and a cosmetology license.&nbsp; Vicki went onto Bennett College in Greensboro, NC and graduated in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration.&nbsp; She worked with the Findlay Street Neighborhood House from 1992-1994 in the position of Emergency Services, Youth and Senior Coordinator at the center.&nbsp; She started at the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 1994 as an Admissions Counselor.&nbsp; From 1995-1998 she worked as an Admissions Counselor for DESI/Job Corps recruiting students to 12 centers in Region V.&nbsp; She returned to the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 1998 where she continued recruiting until 2002 when she transitioned to the Career Development Manager.&nbsp; She left the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 2005 and moved to the Detroit Job Corps Center as the Counseling Manager until February 2006.&nbsp;&nbsp; Currently, Vicki is working with the Del-Jen Inc./Job Corps in Columbus as the Outreach &amp; Admissions Manager for the State of Ohio.&nbsp; Vicki has a daughter, age 7 and lives in Columbus. 
<P><B>Nancy Johnson-</B> <I>Aiken High School, Class of &ldquo;1992&rdquo;</I> <B>&nbsp;&nbsp; </B>From JCG student to JCG Career Specialist, Nancy Johnson as a senior at Aiken High School remembers sitting in class pondering to herself -&ldquo;What am I going to do after high school?&rdquo; &ldquo;What am I good at doing?&rdquo; These were the kinds of questions that deluged my mind in high school.&nbsp; I did not know what I planned to do after graduation.&nbsp; It was at that time Eugene Bouldin, Senior Career Specialist at Aiken High School during the 2001-2002 school year, sat me down and asked this question.&nbsp; What are your plans after high school?&nbsp; I explained to him that I didn&rsquo;t know and I really haven&rsquo;t thought much about it.&nbsp; He asked me what I enjoy doing and what would I do for &ldquo;Free&rdquo;.&nbsp; I explained to him that I enjoy working with people, I love talking, and I really liked working with children.&nbsp; It was at that moment that I realized- I needed to start thinking about my future!&nbsp; &nbsp;It was at that moment that I realized- I would like to become a Teacher.&nbsp; I always enjoyed working with children and it was something that I loved to do, even if there was no monetary gift involved.&nbsp;&nbsp; After graduating from high school in June of 1992, I enrolled in Cincinnati State Technical and Community College where I completed 1 year of coursework and maintained a 3.25 GPA.&nbsp; In August of 1994 I enrolled in Xavier University as a second year sophomore.&nbsp; I decided to major in Elementary and Special Education. I successfully completed the program in December of 1997, earning a Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education.&nbsp;&nbsp; After graduation I taught within Cincinnati Public Schools for 4 years, working with students who were academically and socially challenging.&nbsp; After teaching for several years, I was not completely satisfied with being a traditional classroom teacher. 
<P>In August of 2001, I accepted a position as a Career Specialist with Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates.&nbsp; This career move changed my life and I have finally found my true &ldquo;Passion&rdquo; for teaching, mentoring and leading young lives through the vehicle that changed my life, which was education.&nbsp; The Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates program has been a destiny decision for me since 1992.&nbsp; I have been blessed to be an integral part of so many young people lives.&nbsp; It all started from someone who cared about my future ask this simple question- What are your plans after high school? Look what can happen if we reach out to young people who don&rsquo;t have any direction&hellip;.. We can change their direction&hellip;&hellip;.. For life&hellip;&hellip;<P>
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