YouthBuild Profile: Jose Rojas, Jr.
Jose Rojas, Jr.
Before I was in YouthBuild, I used to just relax at my house doing pretty much nothing almost all week long. Now that I am in YouthBuild, I really do enjoy helping myself and others in my community. Leadership is one of the many things that YouthBuild shows to the students and to the staff. I know that I am and can be a part of the difference in my community and all that surrounds it. YouthBuild has been helping young adolescences to achieve a goal in their life in order to get a General Education Diploma (GED).
A year back, I didn’t finish high school because of not passing the Texas Assessment and Knowledge Skills (TAKS). Now, I am making a difference in my personality, education, and a commitment to my community. There are many changes that have happened and continue happening in the time that I have been in the YouthBuild program. The changes that happened to me are going straight to a positive path in my great future ahead of me.
In the YouthBuild program everything that you learn has a direct impact on you. It has with me. My achievement was in getting my GED. Now that I have my GED, I look forward to having a good paying job. I believe that the higher the education you have then a better paying job would be waiting for you. This really shows me that YouthBuild does make a difference.
The past months have showed me that the work in construction can be a little stressful and fatiguing, but I know that I can surpass the expectations and goals in construction training. Having experienced this type of a job takes a lot of physical tasks, as well as being good in mathematics.
My experience with the YouthBuild program from the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville (CDCB) is showing me how to help my community by way of doing volunteer service hours. Also leadership is the main focus of the program, since they are building leaders for our future generations – like me.
