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(HARLINGEN, Texas) – For George Castillo and Isaac Romero the transition from learning automotive technology to leading a service team has been a journey toward professional success. The two Texas State Technical College Automotive students have spent the last six months balancing school work with leadership roles at Oil Changers in Weslaco. “I serve as...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Finding the right career path after high school can be a challenge. For Dallas native Emma Uselton, her future came into focus during a conversation at her parents’ gym. “While I coached people who were training to audition for the television show ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ my former high school teacher stopped by,”...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – Long before she began studying at Texas State Technical College, Nancy Roblero understood the meaning of helping others. Growing up in Los Fresnos, Roblero spent most of her childhood alongside her parents, who operated a free developing center for children learning disabilities in Matamoros, Mexico. “I saw the compassion my parents had...

(HARLINGEN, Texas) – The hum of a household machine might be background noise to most people, but for Josue and Miguel Moncada, it was the start of a technical language. The brothers, students in the Mechatronics program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, were first introduced to the electrical field growing up watching their...

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – When Deven Kalinec transitioned into the tooling department at HDH Instruments in Pattison, he realized that a technical education was the bridge he needed between his experience as a high-level deep hole drilling machine operator and his long-term career goals. Kalinec began searching online after he attempted to interpret complex blueprints on-the-job....

(ROSENBERG, Texas) – Rebecca Lara served for 22 years in the U.S. Army as a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare specialist. She found the transition to civilian life challenging — especially without the routine that had guided her for two decades. Lara was encouraged by a relative who first toured the Occupational Safety and Environmental...