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Rachel Fonseca’s Collision Repair Passion Story

Rachel Fonseca’s Collision Repair Passion Story

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Rachel’s Passion

I’ve loved cars for as long as I can remember and working on them is my life. I graduated from Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational High School, in New Bedford, MA. and majored in Collision Repair. While at Voc I participated in SkillsUSA, becoming the first female in the 34 year MA state history to win gold in Collision Repair. And the only student ever to win double gold in Collision Repair & Automotive Refinishing. Moving on to place second in Collision at the SkillsUSA 2008 Nationals. I was lucky enough to be the recipient of the Women’s Industry Network’s 2008 NACE Scholarship.  Currently, I am employed as an Adult Education Instructor (teaching Collision Repair and Small Engine Repair) at Voc and as an assistant manager at an ice rink. Most of my free time is spent volunteering with Voc’s Collision program on the Curriculum Advisory Board and training current students for the SkillsUSA competition. I am currently attending the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth for my Business Degree and looking forward to finding my place in the Industry.

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Comments

  1. I think thats so cool how your teaching Colllision Repair, and the gold youve won pursuing your goals..Im in collision repair at Butler CC right now, hopefully i can acheive great things throught this Automotive industry..

  2. Hey, I too like the fact that you now teach what you have learned. In a way you are giving back to the education of collision. I also competed in SkillsUSA in 2008 while I was at Louisiana Tech College and placed gold in Auto Refinish Technology and now I teach high school level collision repair for my local high school system. Seems that is just what should happen to the medalists we give back. Congrats and good luck with what you do.

  3. I wish you luck we need people like you I to work with student in Boston Public schools only vocational school and there is nothing better than moving students forward in their pursuit for a career in Collision Repair. I you are interested you can look at my page on Collision hub and the collision educators group, you can also see some good stuff on my facebook site were I post school achievements and scouts stuff. YICR Rich sauro