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Celebrating Leeosha

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First Place for Youth is proud to acknowledge the hard work and success of Leeosha, a young person from Alameda County.

“Leeosha has held steady work through the Youth Employment Partnership for over a year. She never has housing complaints, and is studying psychology at community college to follow her aspirations of becoming a social worker. She is also a single mother, and always takes care of business!” – YJ Carson, Youth Advocate for First Place for Youth.

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