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Tijuana Nichols’ WorkBoots works to help area students thrive | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Chicago native Tijuana (Tia) Nichols is a facilities manager at SodexoMAGIC and has founded an organization WorkBoots, which aims to help keep students within the Chicago Public School system healthy and safe. SodexoMAGIC is a joint venture between Sodexo and former NBA great Magic Johnson. Her job with SodexoMAGIC has […]

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