ABLE program offers chance to improve lives

YOUNGSTOWN — Phyllis Evans wants to get her GED, go to college and study to become a social worker.

That’s why she enrolled six weeks ago in the Attend & Achieve classes through Youngstown Adult Basic Literacy Education, or ABLE. The free classes are offered four days per week at First Presbyterian Church and in the evening at Choffin Career and Technical Center.

“I’ve come very, very far,” Evans said. “I’ve gone from a fourth-grade level up to a ninth-grade level, close to a 10th-grade level. I’m really, really excited.”

She plans to earn her GED and then go on to Youngstown State University to pursue a career in

social work.

“I really like helping people,” she said. “I’m very ambitious, and I think I can help people. Anything is possible through God. If they work hard, they can do anything.”

Evans is one of ABLE’s success stories, said Mia Panno, ABLE coordinator.

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