‘I like being able to positively impact people’s lives’
Kim Frederick-Brown is director of the Opportunity Center at Bay Area Rehabilitation Center.
“We’re focused on helping mentally and physically challenged people become as independent as possible in their lives and in their community.
“We start at age 16 for school kids, and we even have a 78-year-old man in the program. Whatever age, being able to see them come into the program and watch them grow in developing new skills is very rewarding.
“On a good day, the work activity room is full and it really makes me proud. I like being able to positively impact people’s lives. I guess it’s a natural thing for me because somebody impacted my life, as they do every day.
“Sometimes I may be walking down the hall and thinking about work or whatever, and one of them will stop me and say, ‘Miss Kim, I love you.’ You can’t believe how good that feels.”
— Kim Frederick-Brown
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