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Post Bulletin Editorial Board | 8:00 am, May 4, 2021 ×
When Jawaher Binhamoodah first came to the United States in 2014, she had to work two jobs to make ends meet, all while trying to learn a new language. I didn t know where to start, she told reporter Matt Stolle. I didn t know anything.
Binhamoodah left Somalia and Yemen for a better life in the United States. Now, thanks to the Bridges to Healthcare program, she has found it as a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic.
A collaboration between the Hawthorne Center, Workforce Development, Inc., and Rochester Community and Technical College, Bridges to Healthcare pairs students with a career counselor, called a navigator, who helps the student overcome obstacles with resources such as tuition, tutoring and transportation.
The workforce program helps educates academically challenged students, gets them on an employment path. 10:53 am, Apr. 20, 2021 ×
Jawaher Binhamoodah graduated from a program that takes underperforming students to puts them on track to successful jobs in health care and now works for Mayo Clinic. April 15, 2021. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
Looking where she stands today, it s hard not to marvel how far Jawaher Binhamoodah has come.
Today, the 32-year-old Rochester resident is a newly minted registered nurse at
Mayo Clinic, financially stable and, for the first time in her life, on an upwardly mobile path.
What a difference a few years can make. Binhamoodah, a Somalian/Yemeni immigrant, was once a cash-strapped newcomer to Rochester, working two jobs and struggling to learn a new language.