Before Elijah Taybron began his training at the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center in 2017, he was working for FedEx with no formal job training. Taybron was led to the Job Corps program by his desire to learn and trade and become an independent adult. While in the program, Taybron studied welding and received his 1G certification. Taybron was an active part of the Muhlenberg campus where he was president of his dorm, peer counselor and a student leadership mentor.

Since completion of the program Taybron lives in Newport Virginia where he works at the Newport News Shipyard where he also completed CDL training. Taybron has become the independent adult he always wanted to be. Taybron says it best when he said, “Do it. Work hard and you will be successful.”