When Seleste was an intern in EBI’s job training program, she couldn’t have imagined what her life would be like today. At 19, Seleste was living at home with her family in Oakland, participating in internship rotations through Project SEARCH at the County of Alameda, and thinking about future employment possibilities. Maybe, she thought, one day she’d have a job in an office or in a healthcare setting. So when presented with an opportunity to work part-time at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in a clerical position, she began there as a temporary employee, working four hours a day.

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