CTE Graduate Profile

Octaviano

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Lopez

West Leyden High S chool, Northlake, IL -- Cook County

Detailed oriented, math skills, critical thinking and a persistent thirst for knowledge. You have to love working with your hands .

Metals 1/ A utos 1/ Engineering 1-3

Tool and Die M aker

Keep on wanting to learn. Find something you are really interested in, and learn every single thing that’s is possible to learn about it. Don’t ever be afraid, or discouraged to pursue knowledge .

Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Trades

Being offered the job through the high school. At the time I never knew what careers were available through manufacturing other than engineering, I just really loved machining and learning how things worked on the mechanical side. Seeing things I made being used was satisfying