My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology. What this opportunity will do to help me is to be able to graduate completely debt free, and be able to buy the tools I need to be able to start my career correctly; work to perfect my art will be made easier by using the right equipment for the job and be able to pursue positions that are meant for technicians who are typically further in their careers than entry-level. I thank you for the opportunity, and hope I can be considered for this scholarship.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair. One time, we had been seeking the source of an oil leak. We thought it was the oil pan gasket, so we removed the oil pan, replaced the gaskets, and while it was apart replaced the oil pump. We re-timed the engine and replaced the timing belt and water pump as that is all linked together. We put it all back together and found we did not fix the leak. We found that I needed to pull my transmission because my rear main seal was leaking. I used a hoist to lift the engine to keep it from moving. At this point, my axles were already out because I needed to replace them as well. The car was in the shop for 5 weeks during this time. Working through problems and completing the task has become set deep inside who I am. I may get frustrated and need to walk away from a problem from time to time, but I know that if I keep at it, keep trying different tools and keep trying to find new ways to solve the problem, it will eventually be resolved.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair. Since the collision repair field is really a field of Automotive Repair Engineering, I realize the impact I can have on people's lives by being careful, and doing the job the corerct way, the first time and every time.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair. Since the collision repair field is really a field of Automotive Repair Engineering, I realize the impact I can have on people's lives by being careful, and doing the job the corerct way, the first time and every time.

One time, we had been seeking the source of an oil leak. We thought it was the oil pan gasket, so we removed the oil pan, replaced the gaskets, and while it was apart replaced the oil pump. We re-timed the engine and replaced the timing belt and water pump as that is all linked together. We put it all back together and found we did not fix the leak. We found that I needed to pull my transmission because my rear main seal was leaking. I used a hoist to lift the engine to keep it from moving. At this point, my axles were already out because I needed to replace them as well. The car was in the shop for 5 weeks during this time. Working through problems and completing the task has become set deep inside who I am. I may get frustrated and need to walk away from a problem from time to time, but I know that if I keep at it, keep trying different tools and keep trying to find new ways to solve the problem, it will eventually be resolved. What would the adults in my life say about me? You could ask my boss at Phillippo’s Pizza and Dinner. He would tell you I am hard working. Dedicated to be better through adversity. But I think the best quality he would speak to would be that when the job is tough and demanding, I focus. I drive in harder towards completing the tasks, all while staying helpful with the customer, not letting them feel the stress we are under. I am this way at that job, working on car projects at the shop in school, and at my other job over the summers the last 3 years, managing concession stands, averaging 45 hours/week, as a cook, trainer and leader. That boss would tell you the same. I have been a key member of both places, and step up to correct other students at my automotive school as well. Whether food service, or shop work, we are handling people’s lives, and we need to take seriously the tasks at hand. I also work to inspoire the other staff around me to be bubbly, helpful, and effective. Nobody wants to buy food from a staff that doesn't seem like they want to be there. Both in the pizzeria, and my summer job as well, I attempt to inspire positive, helpful customer service by making sure everyone understands - the customer needs something. Let's get it for them and make it right. It costs us less to get them a new hamburger than to argue. So why not just be nice all the time? If we can be nice when they are upset, we can be nice whenever they are in front of us.And that helps our image, and then you have less complaints. And we also have fun at work, and the day goes fast - because everyone is enjoying it instead of counting the minutes.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I plan to be a source for women and girls who don't know about cars and mechanical work to make sure they aren't being taken advantage of. I would like to offer classes and information to them so women can become more informed in how their cars work, how to fix basic items, and how to spot when someone is trying to take advantage of them.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. The next step on this journey for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life.

An obstacle or personal challenge I have been through over the last few years is the restoration of my car. About 3 years ago the car was damaged, having leaks everywhere, it needed lots of attention. Basically, it had been sitting for about 5 years, untouched, and rusting away because we live in New Jersey. Luckily, I got to her before anyone else in my family could, and started putting her back together. Throughout this entire path, I have been learning along the way and improving my knowledge. Restoring a car has many steps, and it really never ends. I am still working on the car, three years later and I need to keep working at putting this thirty-year-old car back together, how she came off the assembly line all those years ago. I had no idea how to do anything with cars three years ago, and now I understand what I am doing. The lessons learned during this process have been perseverance and patience. When you’re working on old cars, everything will always go wrong. A few examples of this are snapping bolts, rusted parts, and leaks that appear even after you’ve taken something apart and put it back together. I needed to replace my valve cover gasket seal, so to do that you have to take the bolts off of the valve cover gasket, and they're very tiny and are only torqued to around 50 in/lbs, which is 4 ft/lbs. So you have to be very gentle with them, as I was doing, but I had someone help me. The other person helping me snapped one of them, half of it was stuck in the engine, and the other half was in his hand. So this easy 2-hour job became a hard 2-day job. So, my dad and I went out and bought a few replacements in case this happened again. Then I needed to drill the rest of the bolt out and thread it again, so I took a drill with the right bit, kept my arm as straight as possible, and just drilled until I got down as far as needed. It took about 20 minutes to drill because I needed to reposition my arms and hands as well as stop every few minutes to make sure it was going well. After that was finished, I needed to re-thread the hole. So we used a tap-and-die set and got the one that fit into the hole perfectly. Then I started turning it, if it was too hard to turn, then you need to turn it backward the other way, to loosen it up. After I fully threaded the area, I used a helicoil set and recoiled the area, and after that was done I got the bolt back in, it worked better than I thought it would, and it has been working well ever since.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo. I am pursuing a career in Automotive Collision Repair and Classic Auto Restoration. I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos, rebuild them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo. I am a Jewish Female pursuing a career in Automotive Collision Repair and Classic Auto Restoration. I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos, rebuild them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair, the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. Women should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. I would like to focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. One time, we had been seeking the source of an oil leak. We thought it was the oil pan gasket, so we removed the oil pan, replaced the gaskets, and while it was apart replaced the oil pump. We retimed the engine and replaced the timing belt and water pump as that is all linked together. We put it all back together and found we did not fix the leak. We found that I needed to pull my transmission because my rear main seal was leaking. I used a hoist to lift the engine to keep it from moving. At this point, my axles were already out because I needed to replace them as well. The car was in the shop for 5 weeks during this time. Working through problems and completing the task has become set deep inside who I am.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

see essay pdf attached. excerpt copied and pasted to achieve 400 word minimum in this box I have been learning along the way and improving my knowledge. Restoring a car has many steps, and it really never ends. I am still working on the car, three years later and I need to keep working at putting this thirty-year-old car back together, how she came off the assembly line all those years ago. I had no idea how to do anything with cars three years ago, and now I understand what I am doing. The lessons learned during this process have been perseverance and patience. When you’re working on old cars, everything will always go wrong. A few examples of this are snapping bolts, rusted parts, and leaks that appear even after you’ve taken something apart and put it back together. I needed to replace my valve cover gasket seal, so to do that you have to take the bolts off of the valve cover gasket, and they're very tiny and are only torqued to around 50 in/lbs, which is 4 ft/lbs. So you have to be very gentle with them, as I was doing, but I had someone help me. The other person helping me snapped one of them, half of it was stuck in the engine, and the other half was in his hand. So this easy 2-hour job became a hard 2-day job. So, my dad and I went out and bought a few replacements in case this happened again. Then I needed to drill the rest of the bolt out and thread it again, so I took a drill with the right bit, kept my arm as straight as possible, and just drilled until I got down as far as needed. It took about 20 minutes to drill because I needed to reposition my arms and hands as well as stop every few minutes to make sure it was going well. After that was finished, I needed to re-thread the hole. So we used a tap-and-die set and got the one that fit into the hole perfectly. Then I started turning it, if it was too hard to turn, then you need to turn it backward the other way, to loosen it up. After I fully threaded the area, I used a helicoil set and recoiled the area, and after that was done I got the bolt back in, it worked better than I thought it would, and it has been working well ever since. Another time while doing something as simple as alignment, a friend of mine and I were working on my car. It was pulling way too far to the right. So this obstacle for us was that we needed to figure out how to get the rusted bolt loose to adjust the caster and camber. We eventually realized that a few of the bolts were rusted and the edges of it were rounded off so we needed to be a bit careful. After using multiple different methods to loosen the bolts, we found that an induction heater was needed. After a long time of sitting and waiting, heating the bolts time and time again, pulling on the wrench and being sure we weren’t further damaging the bolts, it came loose. We used a socket of the correct size to make sure it would not snap off or round out more than it already was. Then we bought a new bolt for the needed area, replaced the damaged parts, and tightened it to where it needed to be for my alignment to be done. One time, we had been seeking the source of an oil leak. We thought it was the oil pan gasket, so we removed the oil pan, replaced the gaskets, and while it was apart replaced the oil pump. We retimed the engine and replaced the timing belt and water pump as that is all linked together. We put it all back together and found we did not fix the leak. We found that I needed to pull my transmission because my rear main seal was leaking. I used a hoist to lift the engine to keep it from moving. At this point, my axles were already out because I needed to replace them as well. The car was in the shop for 5 weeks during this time. Working through problems and completing the task has become set deep inside who I am. I may get frustrated and need to walk away from a problem from time to time, but I know that if I keep at it, keep trying different tools and keep trying to find new ways to solve the problem, it will eventually be resolved.

over the last few years is the restoration of my car. About 3 years ago the car was damaged, having leaks everywhere, it needed lots of attention. Basically, it had been sitting for about 5 years, untouched, and rusting away because we live in New Jersey. Luckily, I got to her before anyone else in my family could, and started putting her back together. Throughout this entire path, I have been learning along the way and improving my knowledge. Restoring a car has many steps, and it really never ends. I am still working on the car, three years later and I need to keep working at putting this thirty-year-old car back together, how she came off the assembly line all those years ago. I had no idea how to do anything with cars three years ago, and now I understand what I am doing. The lessons learned during this process have been perseverance and patience. When you’re working on old cars, everything will always go wrong. One time, we had been seeking the source of an oil leak. We thought it was the oil pan gasket, so we removed the oil pan, replaced the gaskets, and while it was apart replaced the oil pump. We retimed the engine and replaced the timing belt and water pump as that is all linked together. We put it all back together and found we did not fix the leak. We found that I needed to pull my transmission because my rear main seal was leaking. I used a hoist to lift the engine to keep it from moving. At this point, my axles were already out because I needed to replace them as well. The car was in the shop for 5 weeks during this time. Working through problems and completing the task has become set deep inside who I am. I may get frustrated and need to walk away from a problem from time to time, but I know that if I keep at it, keep trying different tools and keep trying to find new ways to solve the problem, it will eventually be resolved. I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. I don't know how I could recommend postage stamps, but to anyone seeking meaning through a hobby, it is more the dedication to the lifelong learning that is rewarding. Continual learning is the most important thing in life, and no matter your hobby, learning makes you a better, more caring person.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. While this may not be ONLY welding, welding will be a huge part of my career choice. Learning to weld in this way will help me to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. I would like to also focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. Whether there are designs in the paint or just a plain color, it makes me so excited, and to see that customer’s face would make me so ecstatic. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology. In order to be able to complete this education and become fully proficient, and graduate without debt that may hamper my ability to do the work I love, to learn and grow and focus on perfecting my craft, I need a scholarship such as this to help me to stay debt free and not be worried about covering debt payments while securing my future.

I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. I would like to also focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. Whether there are designs in the paint or just a plain color, it makes me so excited, and to see that customer’s face would make me so ecstatic. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop; I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. I would like to also focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. Whether there are designs in the paint or just a plain color, it makes me so excited, and to see that customer’s face would make me so ecstatic. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. I would like to also focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. Whether there are designs in the paint or just a plain color, it makes me so excited, and to see that customer’s face would make me so ecstatic. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In a classic automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In a classic automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. So, why am I so passionate about these gorgeous pieces of metal and plastic? My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. I would like to also focus on working with custom or factory paint because I love seeing what can be made out of the car. I love the idea and the art behind painting cars. Whether there are designs in the paint or just a plain color, it makes me so excited, and to see that customer’s face would make me so ecstatic.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program. I want to help others love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars.

My name is Jocelyn Pandolfo, and I want to restore cars. I am passionate about auto body and restoration because I have wanted to learn it since childhood. When I was younger I was artistic, meaning anything that had to do with painting or drawing, I loved. I enjoyed taking apart and rebuilding Legos. I would buy the Legos and build them, then take them apart, and then continue that cycle for as long as possible. The ones I liked the most were the cars where you could see the engine being made. Then after all of the Lego phases, I moved on to skateboards. I would take them apart, re-paint them, rebuild them, and add new parts to them to make the performance and steering better. I loved having something bland to create something new out of, like a clean slate to add some new parts to, and add some color to. Now that I am older and wiser, I like to say that cars are like adult Legos; anyone can build them, you just have to have an instruction book, imagination and the right tools. This is why I want to take that art side of myself and mix it with something that I have loved for many years, which happens to be cars. In my freshman year, I realized what I wanted to do when I got older. I wanted to apply to the Union County Vocational Technical School for the auto body program. When we found out UCVTS did not have an auto body program anymore, I applied to be in the automotive technology program that I have now been part of for 3 years. There, I earned my ASE Certification for entry-level auto maintenance and repair. I also earned the SP2 Automotive Service Safety certificate and OSHA 10 for safe work environments. Whether I was able to work on the body of the cars or under the hood, I was always so happy to just be working around cars, even being the only girl in the program for all 3 of these past years. That being said, I realized I enjoyed taking cars apart, rebuilding them, and designing them to how I liked, just like I loved doing with Legos and skateboards. I love doing what I do now, and I realized that I want to take it to the next step, into what I would enjoy doing with my life. My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her. My journey has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to help others love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. This scholarship will help me to be able to fund the education and tools I need to be successful in this career.

I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it. Learning to become a top tech in all the techniques to restore the beauty and vision of these works of art would mean the world to me. I am dedicated to becoming an expert at cutting, shaping and welding metal, becoming familiar with sourcing materials that are nearly impossible to find. Even learning to adjust a plan, have a “plan B,” when parts are unavailable, and bringing a vehicle owner’s vision to reality is my dream. This starts with learning the process of collision repair where I will learn mechanical restoration to repair or replace broken parts, as well as how to properly align a fender or hood and match a factory paint job. This learning continues a lifetime through bettering and perfecting these techniques. The next step on this journey, for me, is at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

My car started this big, lovely journey. How? She is a gorgeous car, a Cayman Green 1993 Ford Escort GT, and she needed a lot of repairs and work done. In the automotive classes, we did everything from replacing the entire suspension, to redoing the headliner, to replacing the clutch and the rear-main seal, to repainting the back bumper on my car. You can say that my car today is like one of my skateboards from my childhood. She needed a lot of work done, and she still does. I am not saying it was easy at all, but I have done the work to her to fix enough, for the time being, to be safe as a daily driver vehicle. I want the car to be as gorgeous as she once was, thirty years ago. The love I have for this car has only grown stronger throughout the years that I have been working on her as well. My journey with my car has opened my eyes up to new things that I didn't know I wanted. I want to make others as happy as I am and love the cars like they once did, by restoring and repairing their cars. I want to be a top tech because I want people to be able to trust me and understand what I'm doing, especially being a female in a male-dominated world. I’ve loved cars from a very young age, and I have certificates showing I could be a mechanic now, but that’s not all that I want to be. I want to be the trusted collision and repair shop or the restoration shop that you would rather go to. I want to build a reputation for being honest and trustworthy with my customers. Mechanics, for years, have been telling women and men the wrong price and the wrong parts that they need, just to get more money and trick people who do not know what they are doing. I feel as though women and men should have a person around them whom they can talk to about cars, or have someone they would feel comfortable bringing their car to, which would be me. So my definition of “top tech,” is someone who you trust to bring your car to, to do work on. In an automotive restoration career, I want to own a shop, maybe starting as a mechanic, or collision and repair shop, and then work my way up to being a restoration shop. At that restoration shop, I would love to focus on replacing rusted metal, custom and factory painting cars, and widebody. I would love to be able to help others achieve the goal that they have with their car since I know it is a pretty hard journey to follow. I had to do it myself with my car for a few years, and I still am. I would enjoy prioritizing replacing rusted metal because I know how it feels to have a car with so much potential, yet have so many rusted parts; anything from a rusted frame, to rusted-out floorboards, to the entire structure being corroded. If I can help someone by fixing their car, then I will gladly do it.