Jennifer White exudes vitality. The UCLA Graduate has master\u2019s degrees in both Public Policy and Education, she is self disciplined, highly motivated and is currently channeling her significant energies and education into her position as a GRID Alternatives Outreach Fellow.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn February we finished putting together a comprehensive outreach plan for this year,\u201d says Ms. White. \u201cWe needed to set more processes in place and we\u2019re finally getting there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Objectives are important to Ms. White, she self evaluates regularly — a skill she honed as a student. \u201cStudying was hard for me initially, but I learned that setting goals and taking time to work out why something did or didn\u2019t work is essential to success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms. White grew up in the Skyline neighborhood of San Diego and moved back in 2008 after time spent in both Los Angeles and Ghana. She is closely connected to her community and came to GRID with an invaluable, implicit understanding of how to connect with her neighbors. \u201cI get out there, I\u2019m at the local farmer\u2019s market every week speaking to people and handing out flyers. It\u2019s a slow start but it\u2019s definitely turning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms. White discovered GRID Alternatives whilst researching for her own solar system. \u201cI was getting a hard sell from a for-profit company and it just didn\u2019t seem right,\u201d Ms. White explains. \u201cHere I was with a baby and no job and they were trying to convince me to make this enormous investment.\u201d<\/p>\n
A google search turned up GRID and after a couple of phone calls she found out she qualified, her solar panels were installed last October. \u201cI was impressed,\u201d says Ms. White. \u201cI loved the organization, so of course I asked if they were hiring, and the rest is history!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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