For 22 years Sara Mejia was the HR Generalist for El Segundo-based manufacturer Carlisle Interconnect
Technologies. Following the announcement of a mass layoff, she worked with South Bay One-Stop Center in Inglewood to coordinate Rapid Response services for hundreds of impacted employees and was also in need of support as an affected employee herself.

Her career counselor helped her develop an individual employment plan and recommended concurrent enrollment with SBWIB partners, ‘Families First’, to obtain her High School Diploma, and UC Irvine to obtain a Human Resources Management Certification.