This woman's illness led to a new vision: a career in IT

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Alondra Felipe built her own computer while she was home in the Bronx dealing with a debilitating eye disease. Then she trained to start a new career in IT. Watch her in the eighth episode of the Moneyish original series "The Search."

Posted April 16, 2018

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