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A variety of trinkets Shaunette Buchanan, of Brentwood, calls solar babies come in handy keeping the children of residents busy where Buchanan works as a property manager in Brentwood, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group)

Brentwood mom trades dead-end jobs for career with nonprofit’s help

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Bay Area News Group

Shaunette Buchanan used to dream of becoming a real estate agent when she grew up, enamored with the idea of showing off all the features that she imagined her own home would have to prospective buyers.

Fast forward a couple of decades, and reality is not all that different: The 29-year-old Brentwood resident loves her job with an affordable housing provider, which includes taking would-be tenants on walk-throughs of the apartments she manages.

But the years between then and now were difficult, and Buchanan believes she would still be stuck in a dead-end job instead of pursuing a career if she hadn’t reached out to local nonprofit Opportunity Junction for help.

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