HAZLETON, Pa. — Rossanna Gabriel has walked the halls of the Hazleton One Community Center on East 4th Street in Hazleton, home to the Hazleton Integration Project, for more than ten years.
Her first strides were different than they are now. A single mother, she came to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 2012. Hesitant at first, Gabriel says she knew she needed to take the next step.
“I said, ‘Okay, I’m going to the United States. Let me find something different for my son and maybe more opportunities,'” says Rossanna Gabriel…