{"id":604,"date":"2018-03-29T14:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/?p=604"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:26:27","slug":"johnny-dequair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/stories-we-live-by\/johnny-dequair\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories We Live By: Johnny"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"604\" class=\"elementor elementor-604\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d4773ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d4773ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b8f99a4\" data-id=\"3b8f99a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f776757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f776757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/mdnewdirections.org\/newstaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/johnny-dequair.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-605\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f31aea elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61f31aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before coming to Maryland New Directions, Johnny DeQuair had worked for 17 years as a regional manager with the same company. He had been in charge of stores from Baltimore to Seattle and supervised 250 employees. It wasn\u2019t until he was laid off that Johnny realized he had an issue with reading and writing.<\/p><p>Though Johnny earned his high school diploma, he still lacked fundamental skills due to the oversight of his school and his own ability to work around his issues. \u201cI was clever and could test well, but I didn\u2019t <em>know<\/em> the information.\u201d Johnny graduated without really learning how to read or write.<\/p><p>Even with his extensive background in executive leadership, Johnny could not overcome his educational barriers on his own. He enrolled in adult literacy classes at a local non-profit, and was referred MND to help him<br \/>with his job-search process.<\/p><p>His hard work paid off. In June, Johnny obtained a survival job, but continued to build his skills as a volunteer at MND. 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