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Testimony by Jose Velez, YouthBuild Participant from Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
5:54:30
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61 sec
Jose Velez, a YouthBuild participant, shares his personal experience of how the program helped him turn his life around after facing challenges. He expresses gratitude for the support and opportunities provided by YouthBuild, which he discovered by accident.
- Velez is a young father who was trying to improve his life after COVID
- Through YouthBuild, he is working towards getting his GED
- He aspires to become a firefighter in the future
Jose Velez
5:54:30
So, yeah, so I didn't really come up with anything, but I did fall into a bit of a bad life, you know, and it's because of my fault, but Nimnicht actually, you know, gave me that reassurance, you know, after COVID, you know, I'm a young father myself, you know, so I'm just trying to redo my whole life, you know.
5:54:55
Nimnik is definitely something that needs to stay forever for sure, like, build.
5:55:02
Excuse me.
5:55:03
Excuse me.
5:55:03
Youth build.
5:55:05
I don't know.
5:55:06
They just gave me the reassurance that I needed, you know.
5:55:08
I was already on that goal, like, alright.
5:55:11
I need to do better.
5:55:12
I need to stay out of the streets, you know, do what I have to do, you know.
5:55:16
And I came across Youth Build by accident, to be honest, by accident.
5:55:21
And look at me.
5:55:22
I'm gonna get my GED and actually try to become a firefighter soon.
Justin L. Brannan
5:55:27
That's awesome.
5:55:28
Congratulations.
5:55:29
That's great.
Jose Velez
5:55:30
Keep it up.
5:55:30
Thank you so much.