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In Chattanooga, STEP-UP gives low-income high school students work-readiness training and paid internships. Here’s how one intern describes his time at the aquarium in Chattanooga.
In Chattanooga, STEP-UP gives low-income high school students work-readiness training and paid internships. Here’s how one intern describes his time at the aquarium in Chattanooga.
JoVan McClain always loved children. “When my friends’ moms would have babies, I would always go to their houses and help out,” McClain, 19, remembers. “I just fell in love with children. I always wanted to be a nurse, and then in high school I did a project where I had to make an incubator — one like neonatal nurse practitioners use — and it was so interesting. “I knew that I wanted to work in the NICU.” Now in her freshman year at Belmont University, McClain is so clearly in her element it’s hard to imagine this future wasn’t always within her reach. “When I was really young, we used to drive by Belmont every day,” she recalls. “It […]
JoVan McClain always loved children. “When my friends’ moms would have babies, I would always go to their houses and help out,” McClain, 19, remembers. “I just fell in love with children. I always wanted to be a nurse, and then in high school I did a project where I had to make an incubator — one like neonatal nurse practitioners use — and it was so interesting. “I knew that I wanted to work in the NICU.” Now in her freshman year at Belmont University, McClain is so clearly in her element it’s hard to imagine this future wasn’t always within her reach. “When I was really young, we used to drive by Belmont every day,” she recalls. “It […]