{"id":8067,"date":"2020-12-17T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2024-12-16T17:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:19:23","slug":"student-story-motivated-to-melt-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/student-story-motivated-to-melt-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariel\u2019s Story: Motivated to Melt Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ariel\u2019s Story: Motivated to Melt Metal<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>How welding student Ariel Mari-Ayala found his future<\/em> <em>fusing with flames\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Watching welders work: Igniting inspiration<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAll my life, since I was very young, I liked to work with my hands,\u201d Ariel Mari-Ayala stated.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in San Germ\u00e1n, Puerto Rico, Ariel used his hands to splash around in the city\u2019s rivers, play games with his family, and repair local cars.<\/p>\n<p>So, when he relocated to the United States and found himself working at a recycling plant in West Central, Texas, it came as no surprise that the hands-on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/glossary\/welder\">welding profession<\/a> sparked his interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, I saw employees building trailers, making parts, and restoring machines,\u201d he described. \u201cI watched one guy create a 50-foot-long trailer from scratch, and I thought it was pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>When opposition and obstacles create opportunity\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Not long after, Ariel was practicing his welding skills at work. Once immersed in the trade, Ariel asked a coworker about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/welding-certification\/\">becoming welding certified<\/a>. It was then that his less-than-encouraging colleague tried to steer him away from his aspirations to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne time, I asked a guy, \u2018Hey, do you think it\u2019s a good idea if I go to welding school?\u2019 and I remember his words,\u201d Ariel recalled. \u201cHe told me \u2018Don\u2019t waste your time, don\u2019t go to school, you can learn this in the streets.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Ariel knew that life was guiding him in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him, \u2018Yes, you can learn it in the streets, but right now, places in the United States are asking for certification, and if you don\u2019t have that certification, it\u2019s like having a car but not having gas to drive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I started looking at welding schools,\u201d he explained, \u201cBecause I had a dream in my head, and I wanted to show this guy that I could be a welder, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But before Ariel could begin his search for welding programs in the west Texas area, his wife became pregnant with their youngest son. During a routine ultrasound, his son was diagnosed with Spina Bifida, a congenital disability in which the spinal cord fails to develop correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel\u2019s wife soon learned that she had to attend specialist appointments once a week for all nine months of her pregnancy. It was then that the Mari-Ayala family decided to move to Connecticut so their son could receive the best healthcare treatment possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Conducting his career\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>A testament to Ariel\u2019s hard-work ethic, once settled in the Nutmeg State, the company owner he once worked for called him for six months straight, every week, asking Ariel when he would be coming back on the job.<\/p>\n<p>To Ariel\u2019s relief, once his son was born a perfectly healthy boy, instead of returning to work at the Texas recycling plant, he decided to remain in Connecticut and worked his way towards a cutting-edge career.<\/p>\n<p>Planning his future profession, Ariel searched the internet. After asking around and seeing the great reviews about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/landingpages\/welding\">Goodwin University\u2019s welding program<\/a>, he knew it was his time to become a student of the trade.<\/p>\n<h2>Arc and alloy academics\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Ariel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/landingpages\/learn-more-web\">applied<\/a> to the University and attended\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/files\/docs\/one-sheets\/welding-tech-onesheet.pdf\">Goodwin\u2019s welding program<\/a>\u00a0full-time and even worked part-time while he was enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was flexible and pretty perfect for me,\u201d Ariel admitted, adding that any free time he had was spent with his wife, five children, and new grandson.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel enjoyed an assortment of projects throughout his time in the program. Always appreciative of opportunities to strengthen his skills, he enjoyed molding metal sheets in Goodwin\u2019s manufacturing stations and found the virtual reality welding training simulator helpful in honing his craft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the simulator, it feels like you\u2019re playing a game, but it\u2019s a useful machine because it makes you practice the control of your hands, and it makes you more attentive to what you\u2019re doing,\u201d he described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can look at your results and say, \u2018<em>Oh, this is what I did wrong<\/em>\u2019 or, \u2018<em>Oh, I didn\u2019t do too good this time, but next time, I\u2019ll improve my score<\/em>,\u2019 and it gives you the courage to say, \u2018<em>Tomorrow, I\u2019ll be better<\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, the hardest welds were vertical,\u201d Ariel readily admitted. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have the right control and speed, the weld looks bad. All the metal that\u2019s burning falls and sticks to the other metals&nbsp;&mdash; it\u2019s a mess. It was one of the hardest parts to learn, but I learned it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, once I started real welding, it was the best,\u201d he relayed with pride, \u201cbecause I learned beforehand how to control my hands, my time, and my breathing. And my first welds&nbsp;&mdash; the flat weld, horizontal, and overhead&nbsp;&mdash; they all looked pretty nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Teachers with torches who light the way\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Ariel quickly learned that Goodwin\u2019s welding instructors not only educated but encouraged their students to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I started the program, I found good teachers who were smart, knowledgeable, and patient,\u201d Ariel disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my life, I\u2019ve never been a very talkative person,\u201d he revealed. \u201cI\u2019m a listener, and the instructors encouraged me to talk more and share with the group. I was shy in the beginning, but once I was in, they had to stop me from talking and say, \u201c<em>ok, ok, that\u2019s it<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy teachers took the time to explain how to weld correctly. If you had doubts or were lost in something, they were the kind of teachers you could count on. I appreciated that they all explained things, had lots of patience, and believed in the students,\u201d Ariel said.<\/p>\n<h2>Students of tools, temperature, and transformation\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMy classmates were friendly too. Some were young, very talented, and smart, and some were old guys like me,\u201d he laughed. \u201cWe shared our different experiences, and we shared ideas back and forth. Sometimes, if I got stuck, I\u2019d ask them for help, and if I did a project one way, and someone else did it another way, we shared that, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ariel graduated from Goodwin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/majors\/manufacturing\/welding\/\">welding school<\/a> in August 2020&nbsp;&mdash; proving that just like his profession, under high heat and pressure, he bends to adapt, and, despite discouragement, he welded his dreams into a real-world reality.<\/p>\n<p>With the assistance of Goodwin University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/career-services\/\">Career Services<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/career-services\/ccn\">College Central Network<\/a>, Ariel is now working in the welding field as a general press operator in western Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to school for welding because I wanted to prove that I could be a welder,\u201d Ariel affirmed, \u201cand now, I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in learning more about Goodwin\u2019s welding program? Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/majors\/manufacturing\/welding\/\"><strong>welding page<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariel\u2019s Story: Motivated to Melt Metal How welding student Ariel Mari-Ayala found his future fusing with flames\u00a0 Watching welders work: Igniting inspiration \u201cAll my life, since I was very young, I liked to work with my hands,\u201d Ariel Mari-Ayala stated. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodwin.edu\/enews\/student-story-motivated-to-melt-metal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ariel\u2019s Story: Motivated to Melt 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