When I graduated from high school I went to college to run Division I Track and Field. I never really knew what I wanted to do for a career and I felt lost, so I eventually dropped out.

 

I was fortunate enough to start working for a friend’s small construction company and started to fall in love with working a blue collar lifestyle and working with my hands.

 

As I was working construction, I was thinking about maybe becoming an electrician one day. Coincidentally, I met Jimmie Bodrato. He told me he was going to start this electrical bootcamp school where I can learn the basics and how to wire a home by code. I was all in and signed up shortly after we met with each other. And there I was, the first ever student to sign up for ETA.

 

Going to ETA was such a great experience and I learned so much from it. I started to work as an electrician right away after graduating, with skills far above my coworkers due to training from ETA. I have been working for two years now as an electrician and have never been happier. ETA has given me so much, and to give back, I became an assistant teacher at ETA. With their help, I have started my journey to getting my license through an apprenticeship program.