{"id":61561,"date":"2025-11-28T14:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/?p=61561"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:03:53","slug":"mentorability-experience-story-athena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/mentorability-experience-story-athena\/","title":{"rendered":"MentorAbility Experience Story: Athena"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"61561\" class=\"elementor elementor-61561\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d40a0ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d40a0ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50d751f\" data-id=\"50d751f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28da6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c28da6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EN-4-768x459.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-61562\" alt=\"Athena: Petals and Possibilities. 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Logos: MentorAbility Canada, the Canadian Association for Supported Employment and the Government of Canada.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EN-4-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EN-4-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EN-4-600x359.png 600w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EN-4.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54eff9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54eff9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3b2768\" data-id=\"c3b2768\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e653a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e653a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Athena enjoyed her&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;experience and was happy that she got some hands-on experience arranging flowers and greenery.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a114ae\" data-id=\"9a114ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc40fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc40fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Athena has a passion for flowers, and she is quite knowledgeable about plants and flowers as&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;one of her mother\u2019s hobbies. Despite already knowing a lot about flowers and plants, Athena was eager to learn more about working in a flower shop, and she was thrilled to be part of a&nbsp;MentorAbility experience at the Flower Hut in British Columbia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She shadowed the manager of the shop, Tammy. Tammy was full of knowledge and had many years of experience working with flowers, and Athena was happy to meet and learn from her. Tammy&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;how to assemble flower arrangements, the types of plants and flowers most often used for&nbsp;different occasions, and how flowers were stored to increase their life spans.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Athena showed a lot of interest and was very curious about everything Tammy showed her. She was also very friendly,&nbsp;knowledgeable&nbsp;and chatty, traits which Tammy said would make her an asset to the flower shop, and she told Athena to apply if she ever saw that the shop was hiring.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During her&nbsp;MentorAbility experience, Athena gained confidence and practical insights about what&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;like to work in a flower shop. The experience also helped her better understand how her interests and strengths could translate into future employment opportunities.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tammy loved Athena\u2019s enthusiasm and said&nbsp;she\u2019d&nbsp;be glad to welcome her back for another mentorship in the future, to learn other aspects of working in a flower shop&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Great job&nbsp;Athena!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW223576987 BCX0\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athena enjoyed her\u00a0MentorAbility\u00a0experience and was happy that she got some hands-on experience arranging flowers and greenery. 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