Success Stories

Brandon Golonka applied for services in 2016 as a 17 year old student of Reed High School, and joined the collaborative program between Vocational Rehabilitation and Washoe County School District known as VOICE. Unfortunately, Brandon’s time in the...

Oscar Chavira is from Battle Mountain, a small town in rural Nevada, but that did not stop him from achieving his academic and vocational goals. He was admitted to University of Nevada, Reno after graduating from high school and declared a major in...

Tabatha Avila is 42 years old, who has a mild intellectual disability, which impacts her abilities regarding written language. She has had three cases with BVR, all closed successfully. Her first vocational goal was Maid – Housekeeper, then she...

Sinai applied for services on February 18, 2020. She was determined eligible for services on April 6, 2020 with a disability of Cerebral Palsy. Sinai wanted and needed to go to work to pay her bills and her rent. She was not eligible for SSI and...

Alem is originally from Ethiopia where he attended high school and pursued his studies in nursing. In December 2004, only three months before completing nursing school, he suffered a stroke resulting in the paralysis of his right side. His...

Ms. Burnetta Schlechter applied for vocational rehabilitation services in 2017.  She initially expressed an interest in working as a licensed operator of a cafeteria in our BEN program.  Ms. Schlechter is legally blind and met all the...