Senior vice president urges mentorship and trade exposure for high school students

A commenter, a senior vice president, used the public comment period to urge increased mentorship and career‑technical exposure for high school students.

The commenter said she has "run a break all my life" and described bringing students from Sherry High "to this building specifically to look at people who have certain job trades and to learn about them and the process of what it's like going through it to try to get the job and the experience that people have had." She said the experience is “empowering” and “an honor.”

The speaker said sharing her experience could help students and inspire them to persist: "If I can share a little bit of that with them, it can help them them and be inspired. Kids come in, they need a a a guy, need a a mentor, and for them to realize that it's possible is super important." She also referenced her experience as an Asian American, saying she "just kept working hard regardless of how good or bad they thought I was. And then they started giving me better opportunities."

These remarks were made during the meeting's public comment period; no formal action or motion related to the remarks was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.