Sandra Quel, 19, has been living on her own since she was 16 years old, when she got into drugs and dropped out of school. Frustrated by the choices she’d made, she joined the YouthBuild program, where low-income young people work toward their high school diploma while building affordable housing. Now Sandra is mentoring other young people through YouthBuild and AmeriCorps while she attends Montgomery College.

What was a typical day like as part of the YouthBuild program?

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