Tai Jones Employment & Training Program Assistant III

First Job: Mello’s Ice Cream when I was 16



Birthplace: Fresno, CA



Years at EOC : 10 (wow)



Best advice ever received: “Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”



Favorite advice I give: “Never compromise your integrity for anything or anyone.”



Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: crab (even though I’m allergic)



Proudest moment: birth of my kids



Greatest personal accomplishment: going back to school



Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: Vegas



Favorite weekend activity: spending time with my family



Last good movie I saw: Why Did I Get Married Too?



Scariest experience: When I went to pick up my daughter from daycare and my sister-n-law had already picked her up for me, but no one could verify who she left with and I didn’t know for about 45 minutes where my daughter was. The rush of emotions and thoughts were paralyzing.



If I had a million dollars I would … THANK GOD!!!!!!!



Favorite place to shop: L.A. and Macys



Favorite childhood memory: going fishing with my grandparents



Words that describe me best: loyal and honest



I like to watch: Criminal minds, Big Brother and House-wives of Atlanta



In my spare time … I usually don’t have any, if I do I’m asleep.



If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … keep God and family my first priorities.