Jakob Menendez Globe Correspondent April 20, 2021 4:20 pm
A little more than six months ago, Bobbi Jones, 26, was sitting at a desk working as a security guard and grappling with her future.
“Is this something you really want to do for the rest of your life?’’ she asked herself.
Around the same time, 19-year-old high school student Yeren Rivera Cruz, who moved to the area from Puerto Rico at 10, also found himself struggling to find his passion.
Fortunately for them, there was a strong support system there to lend a guiding hand. For Jones, it was a cousin in the carpentry union. For Cruz, a teacher with a heart and desire to help.
Congressmember Karen Bass Named YouthBuild Champion
By Sentinel News Service
(Karen Bass)
YouthBuild USA is proud to announce that Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) has been named a YouthBuild Champion, working to amplify the voices of YouthBuild students and alumni in Congress.
YouthBuild Champions are congressional leaders who advocate for funding and policies that benefit opportunity youth and their communities. Every year, these elected officials author and lead the signing campaigns of Dear Colleague letters that signal Congress’s strong bipartisan, bicameral support for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) YouthBuild program.
In YouthBuild programs, opportunity youth young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither in school nor employed pursue their education, prepare for future careers and grow into community leaders, building brighter futures for themselves and their neighborhoods. With love and respect, YouthBuild partners with opportunity youth to build