Jaymone Whittaker

Jaymone Whittaker

At 16 Jaymone Whittaker did think that his life could include a career.  In fact, he almost lost his life in the summer of his sixteenth year. After serving time in the correctional system as a teen, Jaymone thought that loss was all life had to offer – he was numb.  Nothing made him feel alive.  But in the middle of an assessment interview at Towards Employment, a case manager seemed to know how he was feeling – he told him that he had been in prison himself.  At that point Jaymone knew that there could be more to his life.  He has worked hard to become a young adult Career Coach – “I want to be in a position to have positive impact – so other people can avoid the road I had to take.”