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Editor s Note: This is the first in a three-part Sunday series exploring advanced manufacturing, a field that has remained resilient throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Isabelle McKeon was 23 years old when she joined the Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich.
It s been nearly 3 years since she made the decision - changing careers from the massage therapy business because it wasn t satisfying. Her mother, an employee at General Dynamics Electric Boat, told McKeon about MPI. I wanted something more consistent, McKeon said.
McKeon took a 10-week drafting class in 2018. After graduating from the program later that year, she landed a job at Collins & Jewell Company in Februrary 2019, where she is a junior quality assurance engineer.