Graciela Mares

Graciela Mares, a May 2007 graduate, says the biggest benefit she received from her Gateway Technical College training was seeing techniques she learned in Human Services classes at work in practical application.

“It’s really nice to attach the learning you do to something real, not just in the classroom. Sometimes when you’re in class learning about a process like an interview technique, you wonder whether you’re ever going to use this in the real world.

“So many times when I participated in a client interview, I thought, ‘hey, I recognize that question from class!’ It definitely makes you want to take your class work more seriously.”

Graciela was able to use that classroom instruction in hands-on training at an internship through Racine Correctional Institution to further strengthen her career foundation.

“When I started at Gateway, I just had a general idea that I wanted to help people. Now that I’ve seen what the possibilities are, I want to go as high as I can.”

 

Updated: 10/27/2008 | Comment about this page.