Success Stories

My name is Katie McElaney. I am 24 years old and a mother to my precious 3 year old daughter. When I was a teenager, school wasn’t very important to me, so I ended up dropping out of high school when I was 16 years old.

Written by Savannah Vigeant and her Instructor, Victoria Baessa

By attending Training Resources of America’s (TRA) Young Parents Program, I finally got the chance to focus on myself and graduate with my High School Equivalency Diploma (HiSED).

Hi my name is Yolanda Hughes. After my youngest son was born I stayed home to raise him because I didn’t want him in daycare as an infant.

My name is Ruth and this is my success and experience with Training Resources of America, Inc.

Karen Hammond enrolled in the TRA-Brockton CIES Employment Prep Program on April 21, 2015. With the support of TRA staff, she learned computer, work readiness, and job seeking skills, increased her self-confidence, and started a new job on July 7, 2015!

Erico Rosa was born in Cape Verde and moved to the United States when he was three (3) years old. He lived in Dorchester and Roxbury before settling in Quincy when he was in the sixth grade.

Carlos Goncalves was a student in TRA-Salem’s ABE 1 class a few years ago. Having to drop out due to scheduling issues, he was bound and determined to come back and get his high school equivalency certificate.

I am a single mother of a preschooler. After my daughter was born, I took time off from work to raise her because she was having a lot of health issues. When she got older and stable I decided to enroll her in daycare.