| The Workforce Development and
Training Center (WDTC) would like to take this
opportunity to share with you Angela Powell’s
story. Angela grew up in rural Nash County in
the small town of Momeyer. She still resides there
with her husband and child. She has three children
out of the home and is a proud grandmother of
two.
Angela began working at Byrd’s Grocery
store when she was 15 years old. After she graduated
from high school in 1983, she remained at the
grocery store until 1994 when she went to work
at Vishay Measurements. At Vishay she was an assembler
making gauges and parts for airplanes. In 2003,
Angela was notified that she was being laid off
due to her job going oversees. That’s when
she came to WDTC for assistance.
Through our Dislocated Worker’s program
she enrolled in Edgecombe Community College. When
she first started at ECC she was unsure what she
wanted to study. She knew that she had always
loved working with children, thus she was lead
towards Early Childhood. In the summer of 2005,
not only did Angela attend classes, but she completed
160 volunteer hours at Williford Family Resource
Center. These volunteer hours earned her credits
towards her co-op internship and lead to full-time
employment with Communities in Schools as a Social
Skills Instructor and Implementation Coordinator.
In April of 2005, Angela was inducted in the
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. In
August of 2007, Angela received her Associates
Degree in Early Childhood Education.
Angela accredits her success to the grace of
God, the support of her husband (Elton), and WDTC.
“It is a wonderful feeling when a parent
stops you in the grocery store and thanks you
for making a difference in their child’s
life, That’s when you know you are on the
right road to success!” says Angela.
“A hundred years from now it will not
matter what my bank account was, the sort of house
I lived in or the kind of car I drove…but
the world may be different because I was important
in the life of a child” by Forest E.
Witcraft is one of Angela’s favorite quotes.
Angela was able to take a bad situation and turn
it into something positive. She has not only made
a difference in her life and her family, but for
her community as well.
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