How an Apprenticeship Helped a Maryland Senator Alter His Life’s Trajectory
Some 20 years ago, Cory McCray appeared likely to become another casualty of the Baltimore streets he called home. But McCray, a Maryland senator who now serves as the deputy majority whip, bucked the odds. And he credits his reversal of fortune to an electrician’s apprenticeship program — one that not only changed his career path but also his life’s trajectory.