The first thing Abel DeLuna did when he arrived at Wind River Job Corps was get his high school diploma. That was just the start of his successful journey.

After working as a laborer at a paving company in Commerce City, CO with his dad, he had decided to look for a career in a more air conditioned environment. WRJC in Riverton, Wyoming provided a dental assistant program in conjunction with Central Wyoming College, and that sounded like a good alternative.

Coming to Wind River Job Corps, Abel says he got a taste of reality. He learned to be consistent, punctual and reliable. He also learned that dental assisting wasn’t really his “thing.”

Luckily he was able to change vocational programs easily and completed WRJC’s heavy truck driving program. He graduated this past Dec., 2019

Wind River Job Corps Grad Abel DeLuna found the right career fit

. His new, good paying job is with a trucking company that hauls construction waste. He will make good use of his commercial truck driver’s license.

Abel favors the quote, “The ones who say you can’t, are afraid you will,” helping him push himself to a better life.