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William, 33, originally from Illinois, joined RSI in March 2021. He has a unique role with the school as an install instructor in a post-graduation class. Thanks for your time, William. Tell us what it is you do at RSI. I’m an instructor for the new B2B (business to business) install program. I take people […]

David, 55, is the Senior Director of Training at The Refrigeration School. David has the unusual distinction of having been born at Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, which is now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport! Thanks for your time, David. How long you’ve been at RSI? About five and a half years. I applied as an […]

Kevin, 32, from Colorado Springs, CO, graduated from the six-month Refrigeration Technologies (RT) program at RSI in March 2021. Thanks for your time, Kevin. What you did you do after high school? I went to community college to take my basic prerequisites. After that I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, so I […]

Scott, 28, from New Jersey, graduated from the Refrigeration Technologies program at RSI in January 2021. Thanks for your time Scott; how long have you been in Arizona? I moved here in 2019; it was a restart, a reset for us. We had some personal things going on back in Jersey. So, I bought a […]

Alexis, 23, a Phoenix, Arizona native, graduated from the Electro-Mechanical Technologies (EMT) program at RSI in October 2020. Thanks for your time, Alexis. What you did you do before you came to RSI? After graduating high school, I went straight to ASU. I wanted to get a degree and become a Physical Therapist, but that […]

Robby, 38, from Stockton, California, graduated from the RSI Mechanical Maintenance Engineering associate degree program in December 2018. Robby came to Arizona in 2015. Thanks for sharing your story, Robby. What you did you do before you came to RSI in 2017? I was an outlaw biker. I’ve worked in construction, and I’ve been in […]

LaTasha, 21, is from a small town called Klagetoh in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. LaTasha graduated from the RSI Welding Specialist program in December 2019. Thanks for your time, LaTasha. What did you do before going to welding school in Phoenix? I worked in construction, mostly laboring. I worked for a couple of […]