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VISIONS: Employment Transition Services (Pre- With assistance from the Department Manager,
Leslie studied for two weeks for her final exam.
A TOUCHSTONE ETS) program, starting in September With flash cards, note reviews, role plays, she
2020.
STORY She never slept alone or away from her fine-tuned her last assignment. She was success-
ful and passed on the first try!
family. She was quiet and nervous. But
she learned Assistive Technology, Vi-
Leslie G., is the oldest of 5 siblings, whose sion Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT), With a Certificate of Completion as a Medical
parents are divorced. She resides in Work Readiness, Social Work, and Ori- Administrative Assistant Leslie was poised for
Elmhurst, Queens, and was born with entation and Mobility (OM) assessments the national certification exam and a bright ca-
genetic eye conditions, including myopia during an intensive first week at the reer. She is scheduled to take the test in March,
with astigmatism, microphthalmia (very VRC. Exhausted but intrigued, Leslie and will be supported back at the VRC. We look
small size) of both eyes, and coloboma of made friends with the others in her co- forward to seeing where she goes next!
the Iris/Nerve/Retina. After graduating from hort.
Benjamin Cardozo High School in June We encourage you to support VISIONS!
2020 Leslie was unsure of her next move She expressed an interest in healthcare
and relocated to Miami with her mother who because of a prior high school Work Submitted by,
had a chronic illness. Then the pandemic hit. Experience Training at VISIONS’ Sellis Krystal Findley - Jones, VCB
Manor.
A phone call changed the course of her life.
It was from Carmen Thorne, VISIONS Co- She enrolled in night classes to prepare
ordinator of Marketing and PR for the VCB for a position as a Medical
campus. “Fifteen weeks away from my fami- Administrative Assistant and continued
ly? Who would care for my mother and my her regular Pre-ETS lessons during the Photo Description:
siblings?” she wondered. day. Leslie and the others in her Pre- Leslie G., is seen on
ETS cohort were successful in their the right side of the
She decided to attend the VISIONS 15- NRF exam and achieved national photo smiling with her
Week Employment Readiness & Pre- certification before Christmas 2020! peer.