‘I don’t give up on people.’ Meet Olivia Gooden, Center Point’s volunteer mentor of the year - Gainesville Times

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‘I don’t give up on people.’ Meet Olivia Gooden, Center Point’s volunteer mentor of the year

Center Point volunteer mentor Olivia Gooden was recently named the organization's Mentor of the Year. Gooden mentors nine students in Hall County schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

06202023 GOODEN 1.jpg — Center Point volunteer mentor Olivia Gooden was recently named the organization's Mentor of the Year. Gooden mentors nine students in Hall County schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

When a student encounters bullying, abuse or rejection, grapples with fear and anxiety or finds themselves in need of an advocate, Olivia Gooden is intimately acquainted with the way the shoes fit.