{"id":3643,"date":"2018-12-03T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2018-11-29T22:40:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:40:46","slug":"student-success-profile-ricardo-vasquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3643","title":{"rendered":"Student Success Profile &#8211; Ricardo Vasquez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(HARLINGEN) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RicardoVasquezStudentProfile-72dpi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3644 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RicardoVasquezStudentProfile-72dpi-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Ricardo Vasquez\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RicardoVasquezStudentProfile-72dpi-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/RicardoVasquezStudentProfile-72dpi.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ricardo Vasquez is pursuing an associate degree in Agricultural Technology at Texas State Technical College. The Sebastian native holds a 3.6 grade-point average and expects to graduate in Summer 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old said that by pursuing a career in agriculture he is following in his father\u2019s footsteps and said his favorite part of the field has always been working with cattle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans after graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I graduate I will transfer to Texas A&amp;M Kingsville to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in General Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My dream job is to work with either the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Texas Department of Agriculture or as a game warden.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your greatest accomplishment while at TSTC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My greatest accomplishment so far has been maintaining high grades and my GPA, but I\u2019m looking forward to graduating, and that by far will be my greatest accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What greatest lesson have you learned about yourself or life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The greatest lesson I have learned is that I must chase my dreams because I am in charge of my future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who at TSTC has had the greatest influence on your success?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of my Agricultural Technology instructors have had a great influence on my success. They have all guided me and supported me on this journey. Without them I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your advice for future TSTC students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My advice for future TSTC students is this: Do not let anyone tell you that you can\u2019t do something. There is always a way to make your dreams come true.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HARLINGEN) &#8211; Ricardo Vasquez is pursuing an associate degree in Agricultural Technology at Texas State Technical College. The Sebastian native holds a 3.6 grade-point average and expects to graduate in Summer 2019. The 22-year-old said that by pursuing a career in agriculture he is following in his father\u2019s footsteps and said his favorite part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harlingen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3645,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3643\/revisions\/3645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}