Kati Lascola, a 2023 graduate of Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights, chose a trade career after an internship through the school’s work-based learning program.
Growing up, Kati Lascola, 18, a 2023 graduate of Alan B. Shepard High School, said she liked problem solving and working with her hands.
“I was always trying to think about what did interest me. I’ve always liked building things,” Lascola said. “The trades caught my eye because it’s using your hands and very high paying.”Lascola, who is completing a maintenance apprenticeship for a manufacturing company, was a part of the high school’s work-based learning program, she said. William Cosgrove, the program’s coordinator, said its purpose is to help students gain experience through an internship.
“She wanted to go into elevators immediately. In the 20-plus years I’ve been teaching this I’ve never had a kid, regardless of gender, say that they wanted to go into the elevator trades,” Cosgrove said. “She follows the road less traveled, in the traditional sense.” “The internship I received from Shepard was literally indispensable. I worked with power tools for the first time, asked tons of questions, and learned the inner workings of the machines that make our infrastructure function,” Lascola wrote in a letter about the program.
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