A week after her father died, Essence Lewis, a Reading mother of seven children, took a third shift job so that she could attend morning classes at Reading’s new Tec Centro center. Now, after graduating from the program in October and gaining her state certification, she has found a family-sustaining career path as a certified nurse aide.
Lewis found that success thanks to a Tec Centro Berks, a relatively new program modeled after the one that originated in Lancaster city, said Violet Emory, program director.
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