Seventeen year old Jennifer Rye, Davenport High School Senior, will soon be graduating with a diploma in one hand and six career skills certifications in the other. Jennifer is a second-year student in Health Careers Certifications at Central Tech's Drumright campus.

Rye is acquiring certifications as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Electrocardiogram Aide, Operating Room Aide, Emergency Room Aide, Physical Therapy Aide, and Phlebotomist. Job opportunities most teens can only dream of have already opened for the Davenport youth. There will be no minimum wage jobs for Jennifer Rye.

After years of interest in the medical field, Jennifer's decision to seriously pursue a career in that area came after damaging her knee playing high school basketball. Rye's CareerTech training has opened opportunity early for Jennifer who is currently employed as a Certified Nurse Assistant at the Chandler Nursing Center while attending school..

Parental encouragement from father Tom and mother Alison Rye has helped Jennifer and her younger sister Shannon, also a Central Tech student, studying Motorcycle Mechanics and Small Engine Technology, to think forward to career goals and take appropriate educational paths to achieve success in their chosen fields.