Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I was born in Thailand and came to the US when I was six. My parents spoke little English, so growing up was a struggle. As soon as I learned English, I remember always helping them with translation. With that, I always feel like I have a big…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I was born and raised in a small town in central Wisconsin with two brothers and one sister in a very family-oriented household. My parents were both business owners so during my time growing up they constantly demonstrated and taught great work ethics. They also showed the…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement My lived experiences, things that happened, and why I feel I have decided to help others. I grew up in a southern Wisconsin town outside of Racine, WI. In my neighborhood there was little to no parent supervision. Kids raised themselves. Along with that came much substance and…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin. My parents divorced when I was young, so I grew up in different parts of the Waupaca County area. Growing up I loved spending my time reading, listening to music, making art, and exploring the outdoors. I also knew from a very…
Eli Tripp Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I grew up in Madison Wisconsin, with two parents that were both social workers. My mother worked in school social work, focusing on children and families, and my father in the mental health field, focused more specifically on individuals who have been or are currently incarcerated.…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement My story and how I became part of this wonderful organization is directly related to the housing component within our community. I understand how important having a place children can call home is, may that be an apartment or house to lay their head at night or just…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I grew up on the northwest side of Milwaukee Wisconsin. The sixth of nine children, all with the same mother and father. We lived in the lower economic districts of the city, so we were accustomed to the criminality and trauma that inundates those areas. Although my parents…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I was born and raised in Black River Falls, WI. I came from a good home. Although, growing up I felt that my parents were way too controlling. As a teenager I became very rebellious and defiant. I didn’t know then, that those terrible feelings in my chest…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I was raised in Northeast Iowa – where I had an overall average childhood. 2 hardworking parents, an older brother by 16 months and a younger sister by 8 years. I grew up exposed to alcohol at all events making it a familiar part of most memories. I…
Service Array: Individual Skill Development and Enhancement I grew up moving around as a child through several small towns in NW Wisconsin. I was raised by my single mother on a small hobby farm. I have a younger sister, and 4 step-siblings and a step-father that were introduced later on in my childhood. Consistency in…