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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Asael Roberto Gonzales, Program Participant from YouthBuild, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
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Asael Roberto Gonzales, a participant in the YouthBuild program at Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, shares his positive experience with the program. He highlights how YouthBuild has helped him focus despite his dyslexia and has provided a supportive, family-like environment for learning and personal growth.
- Gonzales is preparing to obtain his GED and is considering a career in construction or as a labor worker
- He emphasizes the support received from program staff, particularly Miss Graves and Miss A, who help participants with personal issues
- The program has helped Gonzales explore different career paths and find direction for his future
Youth Participant
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Asael Roberto Gonzales.
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You can call me Robert.
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YouthBuild is a place that helps me focus my attention.
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I have dyslexia, so I can't really work in a big class.
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I used to be in special ed and it was this really small class and this class is like like we call it Buddha said was like a family.
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Know, we have our pros and cons cons to being in this community as a whole.
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We all learn together, we thrive together, we you know we grow as a as people in this building and it just makes us feel like we're at home or people the people here make us feel like we're at home.
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Miss Graves and Miss A, we go and talk to whenever we have problems and have anything that is an issue in our life.
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I hope to get my GED at the end of this month or next month.
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I am planning to possibly work in construction.
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I am thinking about doing different things and they help me actually find my path into being a labor worker and to see what I wanna do for my future mostly.
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And that's really about it.
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Thank you.