The following MSNBC news video is about the Faces For The Future program. This segment is part of the Making a Difference segment, which highlights various charitable organizations. The segment appeared on the NBC Nightly News’s January 1, 2013 edition.
The Founding Director of Faces For The Future is Tomás A. Magaña. He is a medical doctor who started the program as a way to show troubled youth in the Oakland area that there are alternatives to getting a better life.
Faces For the Future is a nonprofit that conducts operations in Hayward and Oakland, California. The purpose of the organization is to promote the benefits of training for health-related careers. The focus is on children of low-income families.
This is an after-school program. It is mostly for high schoolers that learn about health and medical jobs through a two-year volunteer program. They actually get some hands-on experience in places like clinics and hospitals.
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