Jasmine is a single mother from Chicago who graduated from Simeon Career Academy. She has faced many challenges in life, including losing two brothers to violence and being unable to complete her college degree. However, she has accomplished obtaining her pharmacy technician certification and was promoted to lead technician. She also started a successful all-girl mentoring group. Jasmine is now attending i.c.stars to transition her career and life to the next level in order to provide a better future for her daughter.

1. Jasmine Darice Redd
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2. Jasmine is from the southside of Chicago. She attended
Oglesby Elementary School and Simeon Career Academy
where she attended and graduated with Chicago Bulls
player Derrick Rose.Jasmine is a single mother of a 2 year
old princess.Faced with many adversities Jasmine has
been unable to accomplish her goal of finishing college.
She’s the youngest girl of five siblings. Losing one brother
to gun violence and another to the judicial system she
began to walk into a positive direction….i.c.stars…...

3. Accomplishments
Jasmine earned her certification for
Pharmacy Technician and was
promoted to Lead Technician while
working for Walmart!
At 20 years old she started an all girl
group called LMAO(Ladies Mentoring
Above the Odds) that was successful
for many years.
Jasmine attended Art Institute where
she majored in Fashion Marketing and
Merchandising her sketch work was
showcased in the Merchandise Mart
main hallway for four months; where
she was offered a spot at FDIM located
in Los Angeles.

4. My low wage experience was losing my job and collecting unemployment of $167
a week. Having a newborn child and just moving in my new apartment this
experience would drive a weak person to suicide. Feeling like my world was at a
end i turned to GOD and my biggest motivation of all Madison Sharee Givens (my
daughter).I struggled for 2 months making ends meet by borrowing money and
saving what i had. I overcame this situation by exstensively looking for work and
reconnecting with past managers and friends. My resources landed me a job.

6. Im at i.c.stars to transition with the world...Im the
Denise from The Cosby Show...just weeks ago i
never knew what i wanted to do..i looked to my
hobbies and passions to guide me into a career. It
didnt work! School to school, major to major, i was at
a point in my life where i was at a stand still. Im here
to take my life to its next level! To start a career that
the future will need, to give my child a life of
possibilities and not sacrifices. Im here to overcome
fears, create new passions,fight a new fight, and
define my legacy.