Guadalupe Torres
Guadalupe Torres is very much like any other 21-year-old young lady. She loves dancing, singing, watching TV and spending her summers swimming. She is interested in all things beauty and has aspirations of being a cosmetologist. She doesn’t think twice about her disability, and why should she? Guadalupe was diagnosed with Down Syndrome at […]
Randie Vines
Plenty of people have had to fight their way to independence when they have a disability that prevents them from gaining meaningful employment. But, it takes a special kind of person to have to move forward with both a disability and a barrier. This was the experience of Randie Vines. On November 6, 1981, after […]
Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore is no stranger to adversity and knows the true definition of “hitting rock bottom.” She spent close to 20 years homeless, unemployed and addicted to drugs, which led to time in and out of jail. She dropped out of school in the 10th grade and lost contact and relationships with the children she […]
Brandon Reed
Brandon Reed lived a relatively uneventful life in west Fort Worth growing up. He had a great home life, hard-working parents and grandparents who supported him, and was the middle sibling to an older sister and younger brother with whom he fought and played. He looked up to his father, a hero in his eyes, […]
Yolanda Chavers
Yolanda Chavers, Goodwill North Central Texas’s 2018 Team Member of the Year, is thankful for Goodwill because of the changes it makes in people’s lives, but her team says that she’s the one making changes in theirs. “Yolanda is an absolute joy to work with and a true team leader in everything she takes on,” […]
Nancy Ramos-Sanchez
When Nancy Ramos-Sanchez was 16, she and her family went to Mexico on a summer vacation. She spent most of that summer with a boy she met there and decided that she would run away with him right before her family was due to return to the states. As her family left for Texas, Nancy […]
Jeremy Johnson
When Jeremy Johnson first came to Goodwill, he started out in facility-based contracts and then transitioned to the S.T.A.R.S. program when it was launched in March 2016. S.T.A.R.S. is a unique day-habilitation program for adults with significant disabilities that recreates daily living scenarios to give participants a chance to learn real-life skills to overcome their disadvantages […]
Meri Tannehill
Ask Meri Tannehill what makes her happy and she’ll tell you, “Being a STAR!” and she means that in more ways than one! After Meri’s family moved to North Texas, they soon found that options and opportunities for the disabled population in Northeast Tarrant County were very limited. Meri was born with Noonan Syndrome which […]
Helen Lopez
Helen Lopez has always had a passion for helping others and it has shown in everything she does over the past 27 years. Helen began her career with Goodwill North Central Texas in 1990 as a contracted Janitor at the Federal center. During her time at the Federal Center, Helen was promoted to supervisor and […]
Roger Barto
Roger Barto was Goodwill North Central Texas’s 2015 Team Member of the Year and was honored as such at Goodwill North Central Texas’s 2016 Annual Operation Team Work Celebration! It’s an honor well deserved. Roger joined the Goodwill family in 1992. Known for getting the job down and doing it right the first time, Roger […]