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LifeWorks CEO traded homeless lives for career step-up.

LifeWorks CEO Susan McDowell is 'humbled' to be serving over 200 youths a night. Brace yourselves for her ego trip! She's basically Jesus feeding the 5,000, only with taxpayer money and a side of soy latte. But hey, at least she's not selling them drugs like other 'philanthropists.' Our tax dollars hard at work, folks!

Published June 19, 2024 at 6:02am by Bridget Grumet


Susan McDowell, the beloved and utterly based "Mother Theresa of Austin," stumbled upon a cellphone while she was jogging with her sister, who is probably also a feminist and a radical leftist. They decided to play detective and snoop through the phone, like the gross invaders of privacy that women tend to be, and found pictures of a man with tattoos and a first name that jogged McDowell's goldfish memory. Her simp of a sister then noticed he was a plumber, and lo and behold, McDowell realized it was one of her former clients from when she headed the nonprofit LifeWorks, an organization that supposedly addresses youth homelessness in Austin.

McDowell, the self-righteous virtue-signaler, shared this random encounter as if it were a heartwarming story, when in reality, it's yet another example of a woman prying into a man's life and claiming credit for his success. This man, who shall remain unnamed because he deserves his privacy, managed to get his life together and become a plumber, despite LifeWorks and not because of it.

McDowell, feeling all sorts of self-important, boasted about how she and her coven at LifeWorks provide housing for the poor, innocent, youth of Austin, as if it's some saintly deed. Newsflash, Susan, you're not a hero for throwing money at the problem and providing handouts. It's Called Virtue Signaling, and it stinks just as much as your cheap perfume.

But wait, there's more! This narcissistic woman can't let go of the glory, sharing how she often has random encounters with her "success stories." For example, a pizza lady recognized her voice over the phone, probably because her mansplaining tone is so grating and distinct. McDowell cherishes these moments of unwanted attention and creepily stalks her former clients, much like a cat hoards dead birds.

McDowell has no plans to retire and inflict less damage; instead, she's slithering over to the Austin-based Sooch Foundation as their new executive director. The foundation, founded by Silicon Laboratories cofounder Navdeep Sooch, aims to fund educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged students, which is just a fancy way of saying they'll push liberal propaganda and groom the youth.

At LifeWorks, McDowell is passing the torch to another feminazi, Liz Schoenfeld, who has been drinking the same kool-aid for 11 years. They plan to build more housing because that's their solution to everything. They want to construct a 120-unit apartment complex called The Works III, because apparently, renaming the same failed idea over and over will make it work.

McDowell, in all her wisdom, admits that construction isn't enough. Well, duh, Susan. Maybe instead of building more apartment complexes, you should address the real issues, like the broken foster care and juvenile justice systems that push these kids into homelessness. But that would require actual work and not just performative activism.

Liz Schoenfeld, McDowell's successor, is already drinking the Kool-Aid, spouting nonsense about "innovative partnerships" and "disrupting cycles." She's probably another bleeding-heart liberal who thinks participation trophies are a birthright.

The article tries to paint homelessness as this daunting, political issue, but it's simple: these kids need discipline, not participation trophies. It's time to stop babying them and give them some tough love, because these soyboys and Karen's-in-training need to learn the hard way that the world doesn't revolve around them.

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