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Bushwick children learned about various professions from adults during P.S. 299’s annual Career Day event last Wednesday, May 21. Among those who participated, pictured with P.S. 299 Principal Wilma Kirk (standing at center) are (from left to right) Amelia Flores, P.S. 299 speech language therapist; Bonaface Wewe, a manager at the Brooklyn Public Library; Lance Corporal Castro of the U.S. Marine Corps; Maribel Rivera, a check cashing manager; P.O. Melvin Kendall of the 83rd Precinct; musician Jonathan Campbell; Jasmine Escalera; Roger Knight; a mechanical engineer at PB World; Sharon George. P.S. 299 assistant principal; Roger Knight, a parole officer; Verona Nelson, P.S. 299 kindergarten teacher; MaryAnn Wade of the Department of Homeland Security; PFC Jimenez of the U.S. Marines Corps; Ken Kern; Vianny Gutierrez; P.S. 299 kindergarten teacher; and Todd Sowell, a program coordinator at Asphalt Green.