Brian Hagopian

Professor Hagopian started at Fresno City College, taking many different classes because "I wanted to be all kinds of things! Biologist, archaeologist, even a lawyer. "Then, I took an Auto Tech class and fell in love with it. But were my parents mad!" His father had his own commercial maintenance business and told Professor Hagopian he will give me the worst jobs so I'd get a professional 'desk' job someday. But after two years, I was making more than he was, so he started bragging about his son, who worked at the Cadillac dealership!" While at a GM training session, he was invited to become an instructor at Las Positas College. "I had always thought teaching would be a wonderful opportunity to mold and inspire the future automotive technicians of the world." So he took the job. In his spare time, Professor Hagopian enjoys spending time with his wife and three adopted children. He is an avid firearms collector and also enjoys days at the range practicing his marksmanship skills. Friday nights are date nights and Sunday mornings are for church! Does he have any recommendations for students who want to be Automotive Technicians? "Buckle down, go to class, apply yourself, listen, and learn. Just because you think you can work on cars does not mean you can. I learn every day. If you cannot accept that there is much to learn, one day you will wake up and be disappointed at the life that you have made for yourself."

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