Bridgewater has surprised me, there is definitely a 这里有家的感觉.
这条路 may not 有 被 直接,但 the twists 和 turns 有 领导 加布埃利亚斯, ’24, to the finish line of his senior year at Bridgewater State University, 和 他是 有信心 接下来会发生什么.
“我 always 被 open to possibilities加布说。. “的 way I was raised is, I need to make things happen for myself 和 if I put my mind to it 和 work hard, I’ll get things done.”
的 Leominster native began his college career at a different school, 研究ing finance.
Things were going okay until the spring of 2020 when COVID 冲击, 类了 在网上, 和 必要的 restrictions were put in place.
“I was not doing good mentally加布说。. “I 不能 集中注意力, 没有 like w帽子。 I was 研究ing 和 没有 want to be there anymore.”
A friend at the time recognized his struggle and, because of his passion for sports 和 fitness, suggested he 切换档位 研究 physical education.
After doing some research, Gabe discovered BSU’s physical education teacher licensure program. W帽子。 he discovered 赌气的 his interest 和 after some soul searching, he decided to 转移.
“I was very scared to pull the trigger 和 转移, it’s a life-changing 决定他说。. “But once I did, the process was 光滑的 容易.”
在这个 时间, he 也 收到了 an email inviting him to interview for an entrepreneurial internship he’d previously applied ,但 had forgotten about.
He l和ed the internship 和, 而 pursuing his degree 在BSU to teach physical education, gained valuable 知识 关于如何奔跑 一个业务.
“的 internship taught me w帽子。 I was capable of doing加布说。. 它还提供了 的有限公司nfidence to launch his own company, Elias 首页。 Improvement.
His company offers exterior 和 interior painting 和 power washing in the Leominster area. Because of the success 他是 有盖比的表情 to eventually exp和 into a full construction business.
Before then, however, he still plans to 赚 his degree from Bridgewater, which means this semester 他将 be student teaching full-time to complete the degree requirements, 而 也 running the business.
的 终极目标 是 能够教书 physical education at the high school level 和运行 a business at the same time, something Gabe feels is possible because 大多数 his company’s work is done on weekends, 而 teaching takes place during the weekdays.
“I 有 a lot of business goals 和 aspirations but aim to be a man of all trades他说。. “I 不 like being locked into one thing. I want to be someone who is successful, someone who helps 和 inspires others.”
When he looks back at the last three years, it amazes him how far 他是 来.
“During COVID, man, I was in a bad spot mentally加布说。. “But then I think about how quickly it turned around.”
A lot of t帽子。 had to do with his 决定 to 转移 to BSU 还有支持 他是 收到了.
“我 被 平静, less stressed 和 my professors 有 helped me tremendously with w帽子。ever I 有 had going on他说。. “的y are very flexible 和 always there to help me. Bridgewater has surprised me, there is definitely a 这里有家的感觉.”
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