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| Volume XXV, Number 5 | April 9, 2004 |
By Adelsa Williams
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale held a graduation ceremony on Thursday March 25. Tribal citizen Jennifer Billie Chadwick, a member of the Wind Clan, was one of 10 students in the Culinary Arts field to earn a diploma in art of cooking. It was an exciting night for the students; sounds of screams, cries and horns filled the ballroom.
Chadwick started studying at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in July 2003. She looks to further her education by earning a degree in culinary arts. She also desires to earn a bachelor’s degree, and possibly even a higher level degree.
When asked what her highlights were of the course, Chadwick said, “When they taught us how to make salmon paupiette.”
Chadwick is an advocate of the Seminole Tribe’s Higher Education Grant Program. She mentioned that with the program’s guidance, she learned about the benefits that are available to her as a tribal citizen. She thanks the entire staff for assisting her, in particular Dora Bell, Higher Education Advisor and Vicky Ghassemi.
Chadwick’s career objective is to open a café with her mother, Nancy Billie, on the Big Cypress Reservation. She intends to start enhancing her culinary skills by working at the Corporate, Board, and Gas Department in Big Cypress. She understands that the departments will offer a menu of hors d’oeuvres. She also envisions cooking at one of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos.
“ I want to make service fun,” said Chadwick.
Chadwick thanked her family for giving her the support she needed, and for attending the graduation ceremony. She acknowledged her Grandmother Rosie Jumper Billie, Mother Nancy Billie, Aunt Lidia Cypress, Candy Cypress, Vera Herrera, Celesta Osceola and Sara Kirkland.
Chadwick offered a few words of advice to other young Seminoles.
“ The Seminole Tribe has a lot to offer,” she said. “If we use the benefits that are offered to us, we can go to school and educate ourselves, so one day we could become leaders of the tribe.”
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