Success Stories

Congratulations, Lara Gordon!

On May 18th, Lara Gordon will be awarded her Associates of Applied Science Degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant from Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC). Lara will begin a new career providing comprehensive OT services under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist. Lara’s path to a new career started more two years ago when she came [...]

Trease Hodge

..I sit around these different tables …and I speak up and use my voice, my knowledge and I make a difference. Yes, it is scary, but I do it anyway.”

Linda Johnson

Linda Johnson came to Maine from Massachusetts after raising a family and going through a life-changing event. She had always vacationed in Maine and felt it was the right place for her, but what she didn’t count on was the poor economy. After six months of looking for a job in the Portland area, Linda [...]

Crystal and Scott Amundsen – Bath

Crystal and Scott Amundsen wanted a house to call their own. With the addition of their son, the Amundsen’s decided it was time to make a plan for home ownership and set down roots in the community that they loved. Crystal had learned about the Family Development Account matched savings program while taking the Financing [...]

Carol Ayoob: The Whole Potato – Presque Isle

Carol Ayoob, owner of The Whole Potato Café & Commons, developed her business plan in Women, Work, and Community’s twelve-week New Ventures Entrepreneurship Training last year. She secured financing from NMDC, as well as community investments from friends and supporters, and opened her doors on her dream this month in downtown Presque Isle. Photo: Kathy [...]

Michael Weymouth

After a varied career with many twists and turns, Michael Weymouth has found his true calling. He has taken the entrepreneurial leap and opened his own barbershop in downtown Oakland. This has proved to be professionally rewarding and has given him the flexibility he needs as a single father of a 6 year old daughter. [...]

Dawn Walls

When Dawn Walls came to Women, Work and Community in 2010, she was going through a divorce. Her children were grown and gone. She had struggled long term with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. “I didn’t know what I was going to do with the rest of my life.” At that time she just wanted to [...]

Colleen Macklin

“Thank you WWC for instilling courage and knowledge in me, and for forever being a sounding board.”

Pam Meucci

Pam enrolled in WWC’s money training with an uncertain feeling. She sensed that she needed to improve her awareness and skills with money but hadn’t known what to do or just how to do it. In Financing Your Future at WWC she felt comfortable being with others who were experiencing some of the same money [...]

Michelle Bosse-Velilla

Michelle Bosse-Velilla found her way to Women, Work, and Community in 2006. At the time, she was a stay-at-home mom considering starting her own childcare business. She had no idea what was involved but had the desire to try. She began working individually with a business counselor at WWC, and their relationship continues to this [...]