PRISON FELLOWSHIP: DC Central Kitchen

Former drug addict and prisoner Jessica Towers is still in awe with how her life has turned out. Thanks to DC Central Kitchen, a nonprofit kitchen and training program, Jessica has a second chance she never dreamed was possible.

“The only thing I’d ever graduated from was drug treatment. I had no training, no certifications in anything. What I did have was a very lengthy criminal history,” says Jessica Towers.

With six felonies and a scant professional résumé, Jessica wasn’t exactly set up for success as a jobseeker.