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Chris Valenzuela
Lead Assembly Technician, Sylvan Sport
“It was actually by coincidence. I used to be a chef, worked in fine dining and kind of wanted to take a different career path… I got a job here, and I’m really happy with the opportunity that they’ve given me here to really grow with the company.
I really started at the bottom here, doing a lot of grunt work and they’ve kind of opened the door for me to grow with the company that’s growing at immense speed… And it’s just opened up a lot of doors for me.”
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