Updated December 4, 2006

Our JCG Alums Success Stories Page gives some of our alums the opportunity to share their life stories after graduating from high school and the JCG program.  If you would like to contact any of the highlighted alums that have not provided an email address, please click here.  If you would like to share your story with other alums, please complete the alumni registration form and be sure to answer all the questions.  This page will be updated frequently.    

Tikheta (Hayes) Johnson- Woodward High School, class of 2002 . I am currently working at JP Morgan Chase Mortgage Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. I  attended Cincinnati State and the University of Cincinnati, and currently work full time. My experience with JCG helped me develop confidence in myself which I never had before. It helped me prepare for the working world by being able to build a great resume that big corporations look for. Everything I have learned through JCG I have been able to apply in the work place and my personal life.

Courtney Roebuck - Winton Woods High School, class of 2000. "I am currently working as an Instructor Assistant at Burton Elementary.  It feels good to have a job where I can make a difference in the lives of children."

Brandy Miller - Woodward High School, class of 2000.   "I have been in the Air Force Reserves for a little over 4 years now and I just got a promotion to Staff Sergeant.  I will be deploying to Scott Air Force Base in Illionois in September.  I am also enrolled in the nursing program at Cincinnati State and I have a 3.4 G.P.A."

Benita Kerson - Taft High School, class of 1987 .  "After graduating from OSU, I pursued my career in nursing.  I have spent most of that time being employed at Health Alliance.  I really enjoy being a registerd nurse.  It's a rewarding profession."

Domonique King – Taft High School, class of 1989.  Domonique entered Thomas Moore College soon after graduation, before joining the Navy in 1990.  She was stationed and lived in Newport, R.I.  Upon leaving the Navy in 1992, she attended school in Warwick, R.I., before moving back to Cincinnati in 1994.  She worked with special needs children and adults before joining the family business, Washington's Limousine & Silver Coach/ Washington’s Yellow Bus Company, with her father, James Washington.  The company closed in 2003 and Domonique started her own cleaning company, DK Cleaning.  For information on her business or to reach Domonique, please email domoniquekc@fuse.net. 

Vicki Wilkins – Aiken High School, class of 1984.  Vicki finished high school with a diploma and a cosmetology license.  Vicki went onto Bennett College in Greensboro, NC and graduated in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration.  She worked with the Findlay Street Neighborhood House from 1992-1994 in the position of Emergency Services, Youth and Senior Coordinator at the center.  She started at the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 1994 as an Admissions Counselor.  From 1995-1998 she worked as an Admissions Counselor for DESI/Job Corps recruiting students to 12 centers in Region V.  She returned to the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 1998 where she continued recruiting until 2002 when she transitioned to the Career Development Manager.  She left the Cincinnati Job Corps Center in 2005 and moved to the Detroit Job Corps Center as the Counseling Manager until February 2006.   Currently, Vicki is working with the Del-Jen Inc./Job Corps in Columbus as the Outreach & Admissions Manager for the State of Ohio.  Vicki has a daughter, age 7 and lives in Columbus.

Nancy Johnson- Aiken High School, Class of “1992”    From JCG student to JCG Career Specialist, Nancy Johnson as a senior at Aiken High School remembers sitting in class pondering to herself -“What am I going to do after high school?” “What am I good at doing?” These were the kinds of questions that deluged my mind in high school.  I did not know what I planned to do after graduation.  It was at that time Eugene Bouldin, Senior Career Specialist at Aiken High School during the 2001-2002 school year, sat me down and asked this question.  What are your plans after high school?  I explained to him that I didn’t know and I really haven’t thought much about it.  He asked me what I enjoy doing and what would I do for “Free”.  I explained to him that I enjoy working with people, I love talking, and I really liked working with children.  It was at that moment that I realized- I needed to start thinking about my future!   It was at that moment that I realized- I would like to become a Teacher.  I always enjoyed working with children and it was something that I loved to do, even if there was no monetary gift involved.   After graduating from high school in June of 1992, I enrolled in Cincinnati State Technical and Community College where I completed 1 year of coursework and maintained a 3.25 GPA.  In August of 1994 I enrolled in Xavier University as a second year sophomore.  I decided to major in Elementary and Special Education. I successfully completed the program in December of 1997, earning a Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education.   After graduation I taught within Cincinnati Public Schools for 4 years, working with students who were academically and socially challenging.  After teaching for several years, I was not completely satisfied with being a traditional classroom teacher.

In August of 2001, I accepted a position as a Career Specialist with Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates.  This career move changed my life and I have finally found my true “Passion” for teaching, mentoring and leading young lives through the vehicle that changed my life, which was education.  The Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates program has been a destiny decision for me since 1992.  I have been blessed to be an integral part of so many young people lives.  It all started from someone who cared about my future ask this simple question- What are your plans after high school? Look what can happen if we reach out to young people who don’t have any direction….. We can change their direction…….. For life……