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About
Total Capacity Training and Development Center (TCTDC) empowers youth by providing essential skills in culinary arts, sewing/fashion design, financial literacy, and life skills. Founded by resilient women with a vision to nurture future leaders, we are dedicated to building a supportive community and making a tangible impact through our youth development center.
Empowering Tomorrow
At Total Capacity Training and Development Center (TCTDC), our vision is to empower youth through practical skills in culinary arts, sewing/fashion design, financial literacy, and life skills. We believe in creating a nurturing environment where every individual can thrive and contribute positively to society. Join us as we work towards building a brighter future for our youth and community.
Our Mission
Total Capacity Training and Development Center provides youth with an opportunity to learn transferable skills in the area of culinary arts, sewing/fashion design, financial literacy, and accelerated life skills. The experience the students will have while participating in this program will assist them in making the transition from school to work a streamlined process and will allow them to develop and cultivate their skills for the immediate future upon completion of this program.
Our History
TCTDC was founded on the backs of women that have had life experiences that taught them valuable lessons to share with their communities. We pride ourselves in pouring wisdom into our youth, because we recognize they are the future and we were once them. When you learn teach, When you get give ~ Maya Angelou
Founder of TCTDC Shawn Wade
Shawn grew up in Maywood, IL where she attended Emerson Elementary School and later transferred to Lexington Elementary School. She went on to become a very proud Proviso East Pirate Graduating in the Mighty Class of 1986. Immediately after high school Shawn became a teenager mother to her beautiful daughter Jazzmine. Shawn worked and retired from Navistar in 2018 after 27 years of service. It is her mission to coach our youth (specifically girls) to help them discover and cultivate their gifts no matter what curve ball life throws their way. It is the life lessons that she’s learned that gives her the ability to coach from self-disclosure so that our youth don’t fall in the pitfalls of life without being warned and coached.
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