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Antwone Roman
Success Story
Antwone Román, 18, is a participant in the Youth in School program of our Local Area - Conexion Laboral Noroeste.
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Success Story of our student that was uploaded on 1/30/2023, by the Mayor of Aguadilla Julio Roldan, in the city of Aguadilla web page.
In May 2021, Antwone visited the offices of (Conexion Laboral Noroeste), interested in receiving service. During the initial interview, Antwone shared thathisAcademicProgressreportwasdeficientinbasicskillsandthathehad to repeatthetenthgrade. Ourteam identifiedspecific skillswherethe youth needed reinforcement. Antwone successfully participated in a work experienceactivity,whichprovideddirectlinksbetweenacademiclearningand joblearning
His story doesn’t end there. Thankstothefollow-upeffortsof our staff, we realized that Antwone did not returned to school. Quickly, we orientated him on the importance of completing his secondary educationandreferredhimtothe Ramey Job Corps Center of Aguadilla. Antwone enrolled in Job Corps in the Auto mechanic Trade and resumed his high schoolstudies.
In September of 2022, Antwone met all the necessary requirementsandearnedhisHigh School Diploma and Auto Mechanic Technician Certificate Today, the young man is in the process of fulfilling his dream of workingasamechanic.
Thatiswhatourworkisallabout. To give our fellow citizens the necessary tools to open the way towardsthatlong-awaitedfuture. To open channels of communicationbetweenworkers and employers, to create connections that promote the economic development of our regionandPuertoRico.
Honorable, JulioRoldan MayorofAguadilla
