California Career School wants to congratulate our automotive repair student Cesar Rodriguez for not only completing the 24 week course, but for achieving perfect attendance for being in class every single day! This is a very exceptional achievement, especially given the length of the course.

Additionally, Cesar regularly earned high grades on his tests from CIAT, the California Institute of Automotive Technology. “For any prospective employer,” says instructor Rick Powell, “I would strongly recommend adding Cesar to your team. He has proven to me to be very dedicated and dependable.”

Cesar was coming out of Fresno, CA and had been experiencing various difficulties affecting his employment. During his enrollment, he was unemployed. “When I came here,” Cesar described, “[I] wasn’t even looking at [the automotive repair] course.” We asked him then, why did he end up choosing the tune-up/emissions course? “I started out with low riders,” he said about his previous interests. “I took my car to a shop and didn’t know what was wrong.” Cesar explained that if he could fix something himself, why not learn how to do it?

To pay for the course, Cesar was awarded a full Pell grant. “He came in to the financial aid office,” said Michelle Markling, financial aid advisor, “[and] complied to all of my requests expediently. He was like, ‘boom, boom.’ Seriously, in record time!” When students apply for federal aid, the process is often lengthy and requirements are much more stringent. “He has done a fabulous job with himself,” remarked Michelle.

Now that Cesar is done with his course, again we want to congratulate him on his exceptional achievements at California Career School!