My Nonprofit Reviews

We discovered the Los Angeles Maritime Institute just after vaccines had become available and the world was opening back up after the pandemic. My kid who had been sequestered during 8th and a good portion of 9th grades was depressed and closed off and entirely too online.

It took one trip aboard the Irving Johnson and she was hooked. Every minute she could be on those boats and learning the ropes she was. She had newfound motivation to get her school work done again, to turn the screens off and have real life face-to-face relationships again. And I got my kid back.

Eventually, she trained and lived bored as a deckhand and crew member and is now working towards a marine transportation degree at Cal Maritime because she has decided the maritime industry is definitely for her.