Alex Lohr
Alex
is a senior at Lakeside High. At Goodwill, his daily task is to stay quite
busy. When he isn’t sorting hangers and restocking the textile area, he’s
supplying the store with newly priced wares. Alex’s hobbies consist of playing
video games, reading science fiction, and bike riding. During his lunch hour,
he competes with his fellow yO! member,
Alex Robinson, in a game of Yu-Gi-Oh
cards. In the future, Alex wants to attend Kent State University and become a
paleontologist. I can definitely see him digging up fossils from the past to
enlighten our future.
Nautica
Howell
Nautica
is a student
Lakeside High
School, and she chose to work at Goodwill through the yO! program this summer.
Nautica works in every department inside our Goodwill Production Area. She has
priced wares, books, and shoes. Overall, she prefers to work in our electrical
and mechanical (E&M) area. Her hobbies are basketball and fashion. She
wants to attend Cleveland State University to study business. When asked what
place she would like to visit, she quickly responded, “PARIS-- of course, the
fashion capital of the world!”
Joleynie
Ramos
Joleynie
is a student
at Lakeside High. If you don’t spot her in our Ashtabula Goodwill store hanging
clothing or putting away wares, she’s probably pricing textiles. Joleynie
selects only the best quality clothing to be shipped to our Goodwill stores.
She also prices in our wares and shoe department
Joleynie’s
hobbies are shopping and volleyball. Her short term goal is to get her driver’s
license, so she can drive her mom’s SUV.
Her long term goal is to go to college to become a police officer.
Beware criminals: Officer Joleynie Ramos is in the making.
Jayson
Hernandez
As
a
student at Lakeside High, Jayson worked along with our Goodwill
maintenance/custodial team Steven Ross and Arthur Munger
this summer. Together, they painted picnic tables, repaired furniture, and
participated in our comprehensive boat repair project. Jayson plans on becoming
a barber and then going to college to become an architect. I see skyscrapers in
his future.
Bryson
Billig
Bryson,
also a Lakeside High student, has the rare ability to make something out of
nothing. Bryson noticed a furniture set with a rip along the seam. Bryson said
that he could repair it, and to my surprise,
he
did! We gave
him complete creative control over every project he worked on. With the help of
his fellow yO! program worker Jayson Hernandez, they repaired bikes, furniture,
and worked on our boat repair project. Bryson wants to become an electrician
and to learn Japanese. Japan has tons of electronics for you, Bryson!
Samiya
Harris
Samiya
is about
to be a senior at Lakeside
High, who holds down a job at Wendy’s and also works through the yO! program here
at Goodwill.
She sorts textiles, but prefers the electrical
and
mechanical (E&M) department. Her favorite hobby is basketball. Samiya
has an obsession with shoes, and, in fact, she has her own personal collection
of Michael Jordan shoes. Samiya
told me she prefers Apple phones over Android phones. Her
goal is to
someday become a nurse.
Alex
Robinson & Marisa Weber
They’re our yO! program dynamic duo. Together,
Alex and Marisa worked in both the electrical and mechanical, and wares departments.
Marisa loves family time and one day wants to visit Disneyland. Alex loves
technology and has plans on becoming a game designer.
Emily
Montalvo
Emily is a mother of three young
children. She wears many hats at the Ashtabula Goodwill. She works in textiles
hanging and pricing racks of clothing, she’s our bilingual interpreter, and
when she’s not tending to her family, she’s working through the yO! program
down at our Walnut Beach concession stand. A mother’s job is never done.
Nicholas
Carlisle
Nick is a father of an 18-month-old
baby. Three months ago, Nick accomplished getting his G.E.D. He’s a Goodwill
employee and also works through our yO! program. He’s our part-time truck
helper, busy helping truck driver Dan Partridge load and unload daily donations
all over northeast Ohio. Nick wants to some day visit Jamaica. His short term
goal is to go back to school to become an electrician. Hey Nick, the money
you’ll be making as an electrician will definitely pay for this future family
trip to Jamaica!
Yarelis
Pomales
Yarelis was busy this summer
working in our textiles section of the production area. She is newer to the yO!
team, but nonetheless was a shining example of a good worker; quick to smile, and always hard at
work. We wish her the best of luck with her upcoming plans
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