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Family and Workforce Development
Tika Hemmingway
“Tragedy struck my life as a teenager.”
I was angry. I was hurting, and looking for outlets for my grief. I fought so much in high school that I was thrown out. Until one day, someone put a pair of boxing gloves on me. Then I found the Hill House and support I never dreamed possible. I got my GED. Today, I’m a college student working part-time at the Hill House. I’m ranked second in the world in amateur boxing and training for the 2012 Olympics.
