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Sometimes when you start down a career path, it is hard to tell where it will lead. However, if you embrace who you are and use all your life experiences, you'll be prepared when opportunity knocks. This sums up the career trajectory of my guest - Liliana Patino.
Liliana Patino is the Director of the Family Resource Center in Everett, MA. The Family Resource Center (FRC) is one of 20 FRC's I'm Massachusetts, whose mission is to assist families and especially children requiring assistance (CRA) who are in danger of not graduating from school.
Liliana shares her inspirational journey from coming from Columbia when her mother decided to immigrate here. Although there were language barriers, her mother gained the help she needed through a social service agency that worked with families. This agency treated Liliana's mother with dignity and respect and Liliana never forgot the impact it had on her mother and entire family.
In this episode, Liliana will speak about her career and how going back to school for her Masters, landed her at Eliot Community Human Services and from there to running the Family Resource Center.
A few takeaways from this podcast include:
- the importance of internships to launching a career
- how you should listen, learn and make connections in every position you are in
- the value of treating people with kindness
- the importance of not downplaying your skills - be your own self-advocate
Helpful links:
Eliot Community Human Services: eliotchs.org
Family Resource Center - Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EliotchsFRC
Cambridge College: cambridgecollege.edu
