Leah joined the State of Illinois’s first @usdol registered apprenticeship for the position of chef de partie after her barber business was hit by the pandemic. She took a leap to make a career change and follow her childhood dream of becoming a cook. Leah enrolled in the UHCHI Culinary Apprenticeship program and now has a great union job as a Cook III at the @marquis_chicago which was a headquarters hotel for the Democratic National Convention this August. We are so proud of Leah and her hard work to become a certified Culinary Journeyworker. We can’t wait to see where her culinary career takes her!

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