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The youngest of ten children, Issa Conombo left his home in Burkina Faso, Africa for Brooklyn, NY in 2016 to study and seek his future.

Stephanie Hanson was born a teacher. Her earliest memories involve setting up a classroom in her bedroom and subjecting her siblings to playing school. “My mom bought me a chalkboard and a teacher’s grade book from a rummage sale,” she recalls, “and I would have class for them regularly. I would use my allowance to buy trinkets from the dollar store to bribe them into letting me teach them. As far back as I can remember, it’s what I’ve always wanted to do.”

Blackhawk’s Workforce and Community Development team is committed to providing flexible, immediate, and relevant training opportunities to local companies and community members. Providing community and workforce classes requires BTC to recruit instructors with talent and education that goes far beyond traditional classroom learning. With courses like Acrylic Painting, Wine Tasting, and Dealing with Difficult People, community development classes allow students of all ages and abilities to use the educational resources that Blackhawk provides to the community at large.

If you’ve ever worked in an office, you know that it would cease to function without the never-ending effort of the administrative assistants who keep the work flowing.