After taking automotive and collision repair classes in high school and college, Steve Barnes of AK Smith Career Center in Michigan City, Indiana says he knew he was set to succeed in the automotive industry. After graduation, that’s what he did.
“After taking Vocational Auto Trades in my junior year of high school and Auto Body Repair as a senior, I graduated from Rogers High School in Michigan City in 1993,” Barnes says. “I knew I wanted to work with cars from around the age of 10. I loved taking things apart and finding out how they worked. I even put them back together and make them work again....mostly.”