2020
CANDACE A.
ANDERSON
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN (NEW)
Candace A. Anderson, a native of Central Virginia, has been serving as a Program Coordinator
with Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW). Through NEW’s Blue Collar Prep pre-apprenticeship
program, Anderson has found meaning in empowering and equipping student
cohorts to pursue careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades. Her
commitment to women, transgender, nonbinary individuals, and youth led her to NEW and
New York City in the spring of 2019.
Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a Criminology Concentration from
Hampton University in Hampton, VA and has obtained certifi cations in Education and Personal
& Executive Coaching. A music enthusiast, as inspired by Mahalia Jackson, has known that
possessing the ability and a willingness to help somebody yields a life not lived in vain.
SALUTE TO LABOR