Hey, have you seen Austin rent prices lately? Yeah? So what do you do if you make $5.50 an hour? What if you're feeling the lasso of "welfare reform" tightening around your neck, trying to move out of public housing, or you just got out of prison? What if you have three kids? What if your job skills haven't been considered marketable since the Carter Administration? Go see Carlean Johnson at the City of Austin's DeWitty Employment & Training Center on Rosewood. Carlean makes sure that residents of Austin have access to technology training and job opportunities. She makes the rest of Austin take notice that folks East want a piece of the high-tech action. Carlean's life work is helping people find jobs and training. She's been through the mill herself and found her way out. She's a guide, a mentor, and she's devoted to the people of East Austin. And for all that and more, we think Carlean Johnson is "all that."
