When Christine was 16 years old, she dropped out of high school. She was experiencing homelessness and was scared for her future. She was looking for stability and knew she needed “something greater” for her life. That’s what brought Christine to the Glenmont Job Corps Center. But what helped her stay, graduate and go on to a successful career was her drive and passion to make the world a better place.  

Christine studied in the Clinical Medical Assistant training area at Glenmont, and she says that many of the skills she learned at Job Corps prepared her for the working world. According to Christine, Job Corps helped her mature and to start “thinking globally rather than simply locally.”

“I am grateful to Job Corps because, without it, I wouldn’t be me. They gave me the tools to not simply be who I am today, but also the tools to change the world, one person at a time!”

After working in medical assistance for several years, Christine decided to build upon that foundation and earned her nursing degree and a Master of Science degree in nursing. She even became a certified critical care nurse and currently works as a neonatal intensive care nurse.  

When thinking about the role Job Corps played in her life, Christine said, “I have delivered babies in Tanzania, studied in Austria and held the hands of Holocaust survivors. I work in soup kitchens and volunteer in my community because I have the knowledge, the love and compassion, and I have the life experience to appreciate everyone’s journey because I too have journeyed. All of these amazing and heartfelt experiences that helped me become the nurse that I am today all started with my beginnings at Glenmont Job Corps. This is a perfect example of what I like to call a ‘ripple’ effect. Lives are touched across the globe, and it all began from my one little ripple at Job Corps!”