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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>♪</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>So being in the mental health</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>worker program was</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>was a great experience.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>I was able to learn</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>how to, </font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>how to really help people,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>assist people that are </font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>suffering from mental illness,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>assist people that are </font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>suffering from mental illness,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>from homelessness.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>from homelessness.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>To assist them to increase</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>in all areas of health,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>social health, mental health,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>physical health.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>Just some great teachers</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>that really a</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>believe in recovery.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>I was led to this field</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>due to my own recovery.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>A you know I experienced a</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>a mental illness and a</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>substance abuse for alot of years</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>since the age of 14, all the way to 28,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>in and out of the system.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>The people you see on the streets</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and the bus stop</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>you know dissheveled</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and bad hygiene</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and you think,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>'It's hopeless, right?'</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>And I've been able to witness</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>that people can recover.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>There's so much work out here.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>In Los Angeles especially,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>we need workers,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>people with good hearts.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>That really believe,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>that have hope.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>I work in a shelter where we</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>provide people</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>with you know, food, housing,</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>resources.</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>It's the best thing about it</font>
<font color=#AAAAAAFF>that I get to, </font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>you know, I get to sleep at night</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>and know that I, you know,</font>

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<font color=#AAAAAAFF>that I helped change someone's life.</font>