John Hopkins-04/26/2025-The Work That Matters
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of work that really matters.Not just the work I do with my hands, but more what is my modus operandi. (Mode of operation) Life has a way of testing me.It doesn’t always show up in ways you expect,and doesnt give you the instructions ahead of time. […]
Brian Woodworth-04/26/2025
Brian WoodworthTDCJ # 02507613Garza West Prison Professors end of April check in. I received screenshots of my profile on the Prison Professors website from my mother. It really encourages perseverance. Once again I want to express my sincerest gratitude. Thank you to my Mother and to Prison Professors. My goals for April were to complete […]
Fernando Cordova-04/26/2025
Another day has passed and it comes today that I can explore things that I have not learned. Also listen to the stories of others to understand what made them succeed or fail. So that I may avoid the traps of life and not fall into failure. Although I know that failures will come, I […]
Michael Santos-What if I’m Not Guilty?
What happens if you find yourself facing consequences for something you didn’t do? What if a court has labeled you guilty, even though you know you are innocent? How do you move forward in a world that may not be willing to listen? These are heavy questions for anyone. When building your profile, engineer responses […]
William David Kragthorpe-04/25/2025
I find myself often thinking about how I look forward to this time passing quickly, being in this place and getting out, but the conflicting part is that everyday I also get older. For me there is a conflict with this, however, to offset that I think it is important to try to get the […]
Celeste Monette Blair-04/25/2025-HSP /The Formula for Balance part 1
The Formula for Balance Folks who know me now, may not guess that I once experienced deep bouts of depression;days so dark that I could not get out of bed. Anyone who has suffered from depression knows that notgetting out of bed is just a small part of the situation, that really it’s more like […]
Trung Nguyen-04/25/2025-Journal Entry #9 April 9 2023: Learning to Leverage Digital Tools for a Better Future
I’ve always believed that self-reinvention starts with skill-building. After everything I had been through—emotionally, legally, professionally—I knew that to rebuild my future, I had to reinvest in my mind. And in today’s world, there’s no more valuable skill set than the digital economy. In April 2023, I earned two certifications from Google: Google Ads – […]
Fernando Cordova-04/25/2025
It is such a great feeling to know how to communicate. I know I still have plenty of work to do in that area. As I don’t want to have the feeling of being attacked, I say this because at times I get this feeling like I’m being attacked in a conversation. Yet it is […]
Carolynne Noffsinger-04/25/2025-ASAP Blog- April 25, 2025
I am currently in my 4th week of teaching my Career Coaching/Interviewing Skills ACE class, so I thought I would give an update. The first week, I gave each inmate a survey/needs assessment, so I could determine what would help them most in my class. I didn’t want to teach just a blanketed “Interviewing Skills” […]
Michael Santos-How to Set up a Profile
We’ve made it simple for anyone to create a profile on PrisonProfessorsTalent.com. Please take the following steps: Use your profile to set document your progress, and build a record that you can use to advance your self-advocacy efforts at various stages of the journey. This strategy helped me immensely during the 26 years I served […]
