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My name is Jennifer and I'm a custom designer at Fair Trade Jewellery Company in Toronto.
I explain all of the different materials that are going to be used in the ring and where
they come from. So, before I was a custom designer, I worked in offices. I was there
for about 6 months or so before I was laid off. I heard about Second Career. I basically
learned how to work with gold, with silver, with platinum. I learned how to solder, how
to file, and work with my hands, but also how to take an idea from my head and put it
onto paper, and then put it into a 3D form. I'm able to roll with the punches a little
bit better because I know I have something behind me, and if you've been in the same
place for two years, then two years of school doesn't seem so bad, because it can launch
you into something completely different afterwards. It's not the end of the story, it's just the
continuing of the story. My name is Jennifer Patterson, and I'm a Second Career success
story.