Fourteen years — and a house of his own
Fourteen years at the Ritz-Carlton Center City, accolades for guest service — and a first house to show for it.
“Fourteen years in, the power of a job has built more than a career — it's built a home.”
Before Demetrius Terrell launched a career at one of the world's most luxurious hotel brands, he was a student at Murrell Dobbins High School in Philadelphia — working the retail jobs Bridges had helped him find.
That was the beginning. Today, he is celebrating fourteen years of employment with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Center City Philadelphia, where he has won accolades for stellar guest service.
At 32, Demetrius just became a first-time homeowner. It's the kind of long-arc outcome Bridges is designed for: a first job at 18 becomes a career at 32, and that career becomes a home.
Demetrius remains connected to the Bridges community. He was recently spotted on his day off waiting to meet Philadelphia Bridges director Booda Sanchez, there to discuss an upcoming alumni event.
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