Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Robert Lopez has one more accomplishment to add to his growing list. He recently was elected president of the Student Government Association at Big Sandy Community & Technical College in Prestonsburg, KY. Lopez, who is from Pittsburgh, PA, completed the Security & Protective Services program at Perkins Job Corps and then enrolled in the Criminal Justice program at BSCTC as part of the Perkins Job Corps Advanced Center Training Program.

Robert, in discussing his decision to enroll in the Job Corps program, said, “My life was going nowhere. I was working at a landscaping job that I just didn’t like. I wanted to go in a different direction with my life, and that’s what led me to Job Corps.”

The Job Corps program also encouraged him to think about college. “I never thought about college before coming to Job Corp. I felt I wasn’t college material.” That all changed with encouragement of staff at Perkins Job Corps. Now Lopez is in his second semester in the Criminal Justice program and is serving as the SGA president. “You can do anything if you set your mind to it,” Lopez said.

Perkins Job Corps is proud of Robert Lopez, his hard work and positive attitude, and his growing list of accomplishments.