08/05/2026
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Alena recently stepped into a new role as Development Associate after beginning her TCR journey as our Executive Assistant. We asked her to reflect on what inspires her about TCR and the work she gets to do.
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"From the interview process alone, I felt inspired by TCR's mission and leadership. I remember leaving my interview thinking, "even if I don't get the job, I hope to work at a place like this one day." People deserve the chance to turn a new leaf, and even more so they need to believe it's something they are innately worthy of. It's difficult to walk down a new path, especially when your self-worth has been beaten down to nonexistence. TCR helps the community recognize that forging a better path for themselves begins with believing they are worthy and capable of doing so. "I am loveable, I am important, I am valuable and I am empowered" is something that the employees live and breathe to make sure R!SERs do the same. I feel so inspired by this mission as it's something I truly believe in, and from just the interview process alone, I knew the staff working at TCR live and breathe that mission too."
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"I've just started my role as Development Associate after working as the Executive Assistant for less than a year. While I haven't had the chance to fully embrace the new role, I'm extremely excited and thankful for the growth opportunity as I learn more about nonprofits and the work done. TCR has been a great place to begin my nonprofit journey, as it has taught me not only about what a great place to work looks like, but also exposed me to life-changing work that is done every day!"
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ! ๐๐งก