At the Workforce1 office on East 149th Street, I watched a job counselor, Rhodina Smith, assisting someone in a better but still difficult circumstance. The applicant, Michelle Joseph, had a college degree and had worked for 12 years in the St. Lucia Mission to the United Nations. She spoke Creole and some French and had trained diplomats.
"If I had a magic wand and could give you any job you wanted, what would it be?" Ms. Smith asked.
"Anything," was the reply.
"Steps Away but Worlds Apart in New York" by Ginia Bellafante
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