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“To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”  This is Faith Junor- Hughes’ favorite quote from the famous play write Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare. Faith understands that you must first be true to yourself before you can be true to anyone else, which is important to understand and know as a social worker. Faith is one of the full time service coordinators at the Southgate Co-Op located in Southgate Michigan.  She has been working as a Hannan Service Coordinator since March 2013.

Faith is originally from Jamaica, she migrated to the United States permanently in 1993 because she wanted to give her daughter all the opportunities not afforded in Jamaica. Faith is a single parent and has one daughter. Once her daughter finished high school, Faith decided to further her education. She received her Associates degree in Applied Science at Oakland Community College. After graduation Faith received the Presidential Scholarship and full tuition scholarship to Marygrove College based on her academic performance at Oakland Community College.  Faith was lucky enough to accompany her daughter at Marygrove cCollege, while her daughter was attaining her Master’s in Social Justice; Faith was working toward her Bachelors of Arts in Social Work. Faith has finished her BSW, and now attends Wayne State University for a Master’s in Social Work.

Faith is a Limited License Bachelor of Social Worker, and has a certificate in gerontology, Gestalt Therapy, and counseling. She also has counseling experience with domestic violence and anger management. Her main focus is gerontology; she feels it more fulfilling to put a smile on an elder’s face when they were crying once before.

Faith believes you can be age 100 years with a degree or age 100 years without a degree, and she chooses to be age 100 years with a degree. She feels it is never too late to return to school and she always encourages people to go back to school if they are able.

During Faith’s free time she enjoys reading, watching movies, trying new foods from different countries, traveling, and playing games. Her favorite games are scrabble, jeopardy, and dominos. Faith’s favorite book genre is inspirational books, specifically anything written by Iyanla Vanzant. Her favorite movie is Cry Freedom.

Faith has always enjoyed helping people, every since she was a little girl her parents raised her to give back. She has continued this teaching in everything that she does. Faith enjoys her job as a service coordinator because she is able to give back to her residents by linking them with services and helping them maintain their independence as they age.  

Trudy Jones is the service coordinator at the Village of Harmony Manor in Detroit. She is fairly new to PVM, she has been working at Harmony Manor for little over a year, starting in April of 2012. In her short time at Harmony Manor she has started a program with the Veterans Affairs Administration to conduct ceremonies for Veterans and the wives of deceased veterans.

Before starting her career as a service coordinator Trudy worked for the State if Michigan where she worked in several capacities, case management, Family Independent Specialist, and as an investigator with the office of Child Support. Trudy retired in 2002, after working for the state for over 30 years. After working with the state, she became a MI café coordinator with elder law of Michigan, until she retired from there in 2009. MI café was a great experience for her because it enabled her to observe the needs of senior, when she helped them apply for the Bridge card and the Medicare savings program. Trudy has a strong background working with DHS through her work as a MI café worker.  In addition to her work with the state, Trudy is also a licensed real estate agent. She has had her licenses for ten years, and she enjoys selling houses because she is able to help others find a home that they love.

Trudy received her bachelor degree in Sociology with a minor in psychology, from the University of Michigan Dearborn campus.

In her spare time, she loves golfing (she is currently on two leagues), reading, and exercising. She has participated in an intensive boot camp, for the last two years, which is held three times a week. Shw continues to workout and be active; she believes it contributes to living a long and healthy life.   Trudy loves all books, but her two favorite books are The shack and Roots.

The number one thing that Trudy loves to do is Give Back! In everything that she does it always has an element of selflessness.