Robin’s Story

NCIA’s Herbert J. Hoelter Vocational Training Center (VTC)

A single mom with two children, Robin lost her job at the very start of the pandemic and was really worried about how she would support her family. She found VTC and studied in their automotive repair program. In a field typically occupied by men, Robin gained the courage and confidence to “rebuild and reinvent” herself, she says. “I can be successful [here] as a woman.”