About
Your Career Tapestry
We carefully cultivate the community’s next generation of leaders through academic support, postsecondary exploration, and career readiness. It’s a process that exposes career seekers to different fields of study and working environments. We help show them where their particular interests, hobbies, and skills might fit and grow.
Sharon Rouls
President and CEO of Your Career Tapestry
Sharon Rouls, President and CEO, has extensive experience in law, education, and counseling. Her experiences in the corporate world and public schools inspired her to create paths to help young people succeed.
Ms. Rouls is a Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, Speaker and Trainer, and RYT 200 (Registered Yoga Teacher). Additionally, she is a National Certified Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Illinois, and holds a Professional Educator License in School Counseling. Ms. Rouls holds an M.Ed. in School Counseling and an M.A. in Communications and Training, emphasizing Instructional Design.
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Who We Are
Your Career Tapestry (YCT) is a non-profit organization providing career exploration and development services for under-resourced youth to equip them with the tools they need to successfully navigate high school while making postsecondary decisions that lead to life and career fulfillment.
Our program meets the Illinois State Board of Education’s Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) standards as embedded in the CASEL wheel. At YCT, we address the gap where under-resourced elementary and high school students need more postsecondary planning learning opportunities. Benefits include increased self-esteem, personalized postsecondary success planning, and practical applications of concepts learned throughout the program. Dedicated staff, counselors, and community volunteers help guide YCT students toward lifelong success.
Our History
Ms. Rouls began weaving Your Career Tapestry after volunteering with mentoring programs and hearing from high school students who didn't regularly meet with their School Counselor and lacked career exploration opportunities. YCT provides under-resourced students with a career exploration program that includes experiential opportunities, such as setting S.M.A.R.T. goals, learning about their personality through a Student Success Report, practicing mindfulness and self-regulation through yoga, and various activities.
Partnership For Resilience Community Grant
Partnership For Resilience is partnering with the Illinois School Board of Education to support recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of Community Partnership Grant funding, Partnership for Resilience can offer supportive programming to partnering school districts and communities across Illinois; including Your Career Tapestry.
