Junior Salem Gerrish of Naples has been selected as the Lake Region Vocational Center’s/Masons’ Student of the Month for April.

Parents: Lee and Monica Gerrish

Siblings: Dylan Gerrish

Hobbies: Golf, dirt bikes, cars

What program are you in at the Vocational Center? Construction Technologies

What do you like most about your program? The teacher (Russell Moores). He is very laid back and is really cool. Has fun and teaches you pretty well.

What are your plans after graduation? The Ocean Corps. It is an underwater welding school in Texas.

What career goal(s) do you have? Get my welding certificate for stick welding and go to welding school.

Who or what inspired you to pursue this path? I liked welding in school and I wanted to try it out. So, I started to look around and see what I needed to be successful in the field.

What advice would you like to give future students? If you like something, give it a try. And look into seeing if the school has anything that can help you with that. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to pay the fee for the class or whatever it was.