Quisia has always enjoyed taking care of dogs and cats. “I just like being around them,” she says. It’s been a long journey to get to a place where she can work with animals every day.
Quisia left her job as a galley hand in the oil industry and moved to Texas with family to find more stability. She found work with a staffing agency, but the job required nonstop work, and without any days off, Quisia’s health suffered.
She kept searching for more sustainable work that could pay the bills, but the part-time work she found wasn’t enough. Without that crucial income, she lost her home.
But Quisia landed at Presbyterian Night Shelter’s Lowdon-Schutts Women’s Center, where she learned about UpSpire. Through the social enterprise, she started working at the Fort Worth Humane Society – a job that allows her to care for the animals she loves so much.
“I’m happy with UpSpire. I’m shocked that they’re this good,” she says wen she compares the experience to her other recent jobs.
“UpSpire is great. They really try to get you a job,” she says. Now, she has worked at the Humane Society for over six months and is looking forward to many more!
