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  • (gentle music)

  • - The west end of Louisville is near and dear to me.

  • That's where I'm from.

  • I just see infinite opportunity here.

  • My name is Danette Matthews.

  • I have two children.

  • I also have custody of my sister's five children.

  • So that's a total of seven.

  • Having seven kids, it's a challenge.

  • It's a lotta different things at a lotta different times.

  • (laughs)

  • - [Group] Oh!

  • - When I was laid off from my job,

  • it was absolutely terrifying.

  • I knew something had to change.

  • So when I heard about the Applied Digital Skills courses

  • at AMPED, that definitely appealed to me.

  • - Today we're gonna work on creating a professional resume.

  • - AMPED is a non-profit organization.

  • They offer free adult learning classes

  • while your children are learning music.

  • - That was it! (laughs)

  • - Google Applied Digital Skills works great for us at AMPED.

  • This is a free video curriculum

  • that can teach anyone basic digital skills.

  • It's one thing to ask a person

  • to pull themselves up by their bootstraps,

  • but it's cruel when that person has no boots.

  • Digital skills gives you boots.

  • - You're learning how to create spreadsheets,

  • documents, forms, and surveys.

  • I'm thinking, "I can put this on my resume.

  • "I can become more marketable."

  • I love the budgeting module.

  • Having seven kids, it is imperative to have a budget.

  • (laughs)

  • The Applied Digital Skills Course

  • is accessible absolutely anywhere,

  • so it was really easy to balance mommy duties

  • with my educational priorities.

  • Go up, squat down.

  • Oh Lord, he's such a show of. (laughs)

  • I think the Applied Digital Skills Course

  • can be a catalyst for anyone in West Louisville.

  • - It's a blessing.

  • When you lift up one person,

  • you lift up the entire community.

  • - I am looking forward to the future.

  • I feel like I'm now ready to be able to compete.

  • I envision really great things happening for me,

  • for my family.

  • It's empowering to have that knowledge

  • that nobody can take away from you.

  • (gentle music)

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