My path and journey at LRTC has been filled with many moderate risks and rewards. Walking into the automotive program at the beginning of my junior year, I knew nothing about it and definitely had no desire to pursue more education surrounding it. My only plans for my future were to graduate high school early and be done with school in general, no further education. The opportunity to explore different schools, careers, and paths, has drastically changed this thought process for me. My senior year, instead of graduating early, I continued my time at LRTC as my only class and focused on where I stand with automotive and how I can make a career out of it.
In addition to the amazing guidance and support at LRTC, I was also able to attend a job shadow at Subaru Evergreen for a service advisory position. Not long after, I was strongly encouraged to apply for this position at Rowe Ford. The automotive program received an ASE accreditation and I was selected to speak at a school board meeting to accept it on behalf of the program and students. I was also able to compete in the SkillsUSA contest where I placed top eight, and then competed in the following competition where I then placed third in “Automotive Service Technology”. On top of all of the prior things, I was able to tour or personally speak to professors…show more content… Outside of LRTC I work part time as a manager, going on 2.5 years for a restaurant where I have learned a lot about leadership and how to work well with others. In addition to my job, I have also for the past 1.5 years volunteered my free weekends helping out a farm with their needs such as helping cattle in/out of stalls, feeding, milking, cleaning out stalls and laying bedding
