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Hello my name is Jerome Baker and I’m a student at Pacific Oaks college in Pasadena. I am born and raised in Los Angeles and my family is from Louisiana which I often enjoy to visit and eat seafood from there. I have two other siblings and I am the youngest of the three. I am currently here once again to finish my thesis in the mist of this current pandemic and greatly for the opportunity to be allowed to do so.

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Currently I am a counselor in mental health for Christian ministries. I work closely with felons and those who also suffer from substance abuse issues related to drug and alcohol. I have seen many challenges with this job since being with the company. My main challenge is showing empathy towards those as you hate to understand that support goes along way with my clients in this field of work.

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My biggest hobbies are sporting events and traveling. This is me and one of my friends at the Clippers and Denver Nuggets game. In fact as a big Denver Nuggets fan eveeyrime they come to the staple center me and my fellow Denver Nuggets friends that are fans often meet up.

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One of my favorite places to travel besides Louisiana is  Puerto Rico. I love the fun enjoyable environment as I get to unwind and relax peaceful. Where our a few pictures of my vacation last year. Once I complete my program at Pacific Oaks next year I plan to visit Puerto Rico again as my personal graduation present to myself. ☺️

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Far as my education background I graduated from Los Angeles Southwest College in 2005 with my  associate  of arts in liberal arts. In 2008 I obtained my second degree with a Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Studies with a minor in Pan African studies. I worked the past few years before I came to my current job for the city of Long Beach as a trash man and Fed Ex. After ten years and a big shoulder surgery I decided to go back to school and further my education into using my mind and to also help people in the process. So I decided to go back in 2018 with this being my second semester to go for my Masters in Social Justice. I took break during this pandemic to focus on work as I started my career in mental health. Finishing what I started which is my masters degree in very much important to me and now I’m back in 2022 to finish what I started.

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I started my clothing brand titled Boss Angeles Certified and have pop up shows in the greater area of Los Angeles. It is an urban clothing brand representing the city i was born and raised. Below are some of my shirts that I will be selling once I build my website and social media pages. I believe this course will actually be helpful to me with further  familiarizing myself with building pages on social media.

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I wish all my fellow classmates good luck and blesses in this upcoming session as I look forward to learning more about social media in this course.