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Regional Transportation Training Center gets $2 million in federal funds

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From Blueprint365:

A few years ago, Miriam Morales was working two part-time jobs while also working as a full-time mom.

“I knew that I needed to thrive, and find something financially stable for my son and I in a better future,” she said at a public event Tuesday at the Latino Academy of Workforce Development.

She joined the Latino Academy’s Commercial Driver License (CDL) training program in 2019; shortly thereafter, she landed an internship with Dane County’s Highway Department.

Today, she’s a skilled laborer, the first Latina to work in that department.

The Latino Academy of Workforce Development has many such stories, but wants to create more. Currently, about 75 people go through the CDL program every year, but the Latino Academy turns away at least that many, executive director Baltazar de Anda Santana said.

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