STORIES FROM NORTH TEXAS Alexis Waggoner Texas Health rising star and Arlington-native graduates into a thriving career from Tarrant County College School of Nursing Abisai Montes Zavala Abisai is an Archer Western Construction standout employee who hails from Dallas’ Can Academy, Richland College and UT Arlington Avery Walker Sanger High School grad’s career takes flight in aviation maintenance via the welding CTE pathway Connor Coughlin Allen High School grad earns associate degree in diesel tech from UTI-Dallas and enters lucrative career as a field service technician Karleigh Johnson Nimitz High School grad finds passion and thriving career at Toyota of Irving after taking the Auto Tech & Collision CTE pathway Cameron Lawrence Twenty-four-year-old Fort Worth native takes on sales and catering career in DFW’s booming hospitality and tourism industry at celeb-loved Bowie House Darya Tourzani NTX Next 2024-25 cover star making news in the biomedical field as her team works to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction Annie Zelaya American Airlines snags W.H. Adamson High School PTECH student from student for a career as a software developer Jack Reynolds 31-year-old CEO takes the biosciences industry by storm with his entrepreneurial spirit; the SMU alum wants to revolutionize health care and medicine Blake Fortenberry CNC machining is the calling for Weatherford High School grad—Blake loves the job security and job demand Angelica Jimenez Fort Worth native reskills as a Certified Medical Assistant after some personal hardships and finds a thriving and rewarding career with Texas Health Michael Telfeyan A budding career in cybersecurity at the City of Weatherford for this Aledo High School alum, who earned an associate degree and completed an IT internship Sebastian Gomez From Arlington’s Lamar High School to engineering program at UT Arlington to high-tech career at Lockheed Martin More Stories More Stories More Stories North Texas NEXT: A Guide to Life After High School was created to support and raise awareness for the region’s standout CTE programs, support regional workforce initiatives, and to help train and retain Texas talent. Digital Edition
