The New Hires: Mychal’s Learning Place creates Mychal’s Print and Embroidery in Redondo Beach
Mychal’s Learning Place creates a growing business in Redondo Beach, staffed by the developmentally disabled by Garth Meyer The grand opening was March 3, but they’ve been pushing it for awhile. Mychal’s Print and Embroidery moved to its new location at the corner of Artesia and Felton from Inglewood two months ago. It has been a business since 2018. The shop is a project of Mychal’s Learning Place, employing developmentally-disabled people for direct-to-garment printing, embroidery, packaging and quality control. It is managed by Jose Carrillo, who was the lead staff member for Mychal’s adult-day school when he started a Saturday Photoshop class for the students. It drew interest and Ed Lynch, founder and CEO of Mychal’s Learning Place, had an idea one night in 2017, after going to the ribbon-cutting for the Lakers training facility in El Segundo. The event offered coffee mugs printed on the spot with a person’s picture and a Lakers logo. Within two weeks, Lynch ordered equipment, and staff and students soon were printing mugs themselves on a basic sublimation printer. Lynch tapped Carrillo to lead the project. “In 2018, we got serious,” Lynch said. Mychal’s Learning Place…
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