I Love It Here ! ! !



Me in the Yud Gallery



First let me say I love it here at the CJM!!! Being able to work here has been more than a pleasure. Most of the time I feel like I am getting paid to have fun. The Teen Art Connect program here has helped me transform dramatically. I have gained patience and phenomenal communication skills since I have been here.

Before coming a part of this program I was very timid and shy, I had no idea how to start yet alone continue a conversation with others. Though, with time of being here I am now capable of entering a room full of strangers and exiting with tons of new friends. I am so proud and glad to say that I am a member of the CJM and I am very grateful for being able to participate in such a program.

In Fall 2012 I will be the first member of my family that will be attending college (Notre Dame de Namur to be exact) and I feel much more eager and prepare to attend after being a TAC. No matter what obstacles college might throw my way I will be able to overcome them, because I have been prep by the TAC program already. I now know how to keep on pushing and going even when days are tough, because here at the CJM they say, "Fake it until you make it". Which to me means that you have to keep on being positive no matter what negativity comes your way and in the end you'll get positive results. I have learned some significant virtues such as being open minded and having acceptance to others opinions. I will take everything I learned here and apply it to my general acts in life.

Overall, it brings great sadness to me that I will have to end my time here and I will sincerely miss all the staff and friends I made here and hope that we will all stay in touch. I honestly believe that our time here as TACs was way too short, and if I had one wish it would be that we could be permanent.