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This is one of a series of stories we are sharing to show what\u2019s inside CubeSmart. You not only get a peek inside our customer\u2019s storage unit, but also a peek inside what is important to them. Thank you to Aria and Tishema, customers of our CubeSmart store in Manhattan<\/a>, \u00a0for sharing their story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, a Facebook post by Aria Willoughby caught Tishema Smith\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

Tishema and Aria went to separate high schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., that operated in the same building. They joined the same cheerleading team. And they continued their acquaintance the last several years via social media.<\/p>\n

So when Aria wrote there was a job opening where she worked, Tishema decided to look into it. Unhappy with her own job, Tishema gladly accepted the quality assurance position at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.<\/p>\n

Tishema, 23, who has a 3-year-old daughter, quickly found her new work eye-opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to change but they don\u2019t have the support system,\u201d she said of the rehab patients. \u201cSometimes we see people around our age. It\u2019s easy to go in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aria, 23, was working at a Disney retail store in Times Square when she saw a listing for a job at the drug rehabilitation center posted on CraigsList. She, too, has learned lessons about people who battle addictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that people usually want to change but on their own time,\u201d she said. \u201cThat could easily be one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aria finds the work inspiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think about the patients who tell me that I\u2019m making a difference,\u201d she said. \u201cThat keeps me motivated. Even if that could be one patient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aria lives in Queens with her two sons, ages 7 and 5.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the patients at the rehab center that face challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of days ago, I felt like the world was against me,\u201d she said during a visit to our store\u2019s grand opening at 444 West 55th<\/sup> St<\/a>. \u201cNo matter what I tried to do, to try to remain positive in life, everything was pulling me back. I kept getting knocked down and thought, \u2018Why get up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But Aria said she continues to fight, \u201cby the grace of God.\u201d And with a little humor. Her best friend recently texted her in the middle of the night and they both laughed over an incident in which her friend found herself in an awkward situation in a flirting-turned-bad moment.<\/p>\n

Aria takes online courses in behavioral psychology at South University in Savanah, Ga.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to understand why people do what they do to understand how to help them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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