Success Stories: Ashton Markins

Ashton Markins

Automotive Technology

I enjoy the auto technology program and there's serious learning going on here. The students at ACTC are here because they want to be, and they want to learn something they can use. There’s a sense of finally getting somewhere.

I’ve always liked to tinker with cars and it’s something I want to do professionally.  But a lot of people won’t hire a person who doesn’t have training. So when a teacher mentioned the auto program at ACTC, I thought it was a good option. A degree will give me a better chance to get a good job.  I’m glad to be here.  With the auto program, I get to work with my hands.  It will give me a career where I feel that I’ve accomplished something at that end of the day - that I’ve fixed something or made it better.  Eventually I would like to own my own garage.  This is the first step.

Kentucky Community and Technical College System