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Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight
May 28, 2026
CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted
Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.
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Tandem Apprenticeship
Apr 2, 2025
Tandem Apprenticeship Provides Path to Tech Job for CTD Alum
In 2021, Amy Sandoval was working in property management and considering taking out student loans to go back to school. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she knew it had to be engaging and challenging. “I’d worked in restaurants, I’d worked in retail, I was a property admin,” she said. “Every job […]
<div class="ctd-news-title">Tandem Apprenticeship Provides Path to Tech Job for CTD Alum</div>
Marice Romero

CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted

May 28, 2026
Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.

CTD’s free classes and apprenticeship helped Marice Romero find the career she wanted

by Forrest Norman

Marice Romero

Romero says her time at CTD gave her the technical knowledge any aspiring coder needs. Beyond that, though, she says she learned valuable lessons that translate directly into the tech workplace.

Amy Sandoval

Tandem Apprenticeship Provides Path to Tech Job for CTD Alum

Apr 2, 2025
In 2021, Amy Sandoval was working in property management and considering taking out student loans to go back to school. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she knew it had to be engaging and challenging. “I’d worked in restaurants, I’d worked in retail, I was a property admin,” she said. “Every job […]

Tandem Apprenticeship Provides Path to Tech Job for CTD Alum

by Alex Rodriguez

Amy Sandoval

In 2021, Amy Sandoval was working in property management and considering taking out student loans to go back to school. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, but she knew it had to be engaging and challenging. “I’d worked in restaurants, I’d worked in retail, I was a property admin,” she said. “Every job […]