Success Stories: Meet Ava

By the time Ava heard about Live & Learn from a coworker, she had experienced her share of hardship, heartbreak, and struggle. Ava’s hard work and determination would see her through and allow her to create a brighter future for herself and her children. “What I went through as a kid growing up, I don’t want my daughters to go through that. I want to break the cycle.” Ava grew up in Phoenix, one of six siblings raised by a single mother. “Life was chaotic,” she recalls. Her mother Rose worked hard to make ends meet for the family. Rose

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Reducing Live & Learn’s Carbon Footprint: When Economic Justice Meets Environmental Justice

Reducing Live & Learn’s Carbon Footprint: When Economic Justice Meets Environmental Justice Filing cabinets full of client applications and referral forms, workshop handouts and feedback forms, self-assessments and exit interviews… Live & Learn’s Program has been 100% paperless since April 1, 2020. This was intentional and planned, but also accelerated by the Covid-19 Pandemic, which forced everything to become virtual. Going paperless is an important achievement for Live & Learn’s Program because it improves efficiency and cuts costs, but it is also an important environmental step for Live & Learn. Climate change is having serious effects in Maricopa County, and

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Meet the Team: Joselena “Jocce” Cordero, Lead Client Coordinator

What is your role? What are your primary responsibilities? My role at Live & Learn is Lead Client Coordinator. On a daily basis I meet with clients (virtually), guide them through a monthly Action Plan, provide them with resources, document their success, and more. As the Lead Client Coordinator, I am also here to offer support and guidance to other Client Coordinators. When and how did you get involved with Live & Learn? I began as an intern for Live & Learn my senior year of undergrad (fall 2019) and have been around ever since! As an intern, I worked

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