Emmanuel Olmos, 14, found out he’d be working with his dream company, General Motors, at the Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep Draft Day 2022.
“I tried to give the corporate work study program a lot of hints to get me there or some kind of car company,” Emmanuel said.
Emmanuel, a freshman at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, was one of 206 students who were placed into one of more than 70 companies as a part of the school’s Corporate Work Study Program.
Mariachi members welcome parents and visitors on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
The Dallas Mavericks ManiAACs welcome parents and visitors on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Corporate sponsors wait for Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep’s Draft Day to begin on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Parents and visitors gather for Draft Day 2022, a day when students find out where they will be placed for the corporate work study program, on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Parents cheer at Draft Day 2022 on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. Students revealed where they will be placed for the corporate work study program. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Students enter the auditorium on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. About 206 students were placed in one of about 70 corporate sponsors for the corporate work study program. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
The Dallas Mavericks ManiAACs hype the crowd up on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep students enter the auditorium for Draft Day 2022 on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A parent cheers for students on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Panelists Annette Landeros, the president of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Marc Istook, the morning anchor for Daybreak and Steve Lamb of WBAP sports talk radio commentated on Draft Day 2022 on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Students receive gifts from corporate sponsor Texas Health Resources on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep student hugs a corporate sponsor on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep students take photos with their corporate sponsor, Cook Children’s, on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
The Dallas Mavericks ManiAACs dance on Aug. 25 at Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep, 2633 Altamesa Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
The festivities kicked off Aug. 25 with students filing in through the auditorium while parents, corporate sponsors and staff roared in the crowd. Draft Day 2022, the fifth annual Draft Day, was commentated by Annette Landeros, the president of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Marc Istook, the morning anchor for Daybreak and Steve Lamb of WBAP sports talk radio. John Rhadigan, the television anchor for Bally Sports SW, emceed the event.
The Corporate Work Study Program provides real world workforce experience and development for the Cristo Rey students — the Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Texas Health Resources, Cook Children’s and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art were among sponsors.
In Emmanuel’s case, he is particularly interested in cars. Since middle school, he would overhear cousins talk about cars which sparked his interest in the industry.
Emmanuel grew up in Fort Worth and went to the college preparatory high school because his sister, Elizabeth, already attended.
“I have classmates that have been there before,” Emmanuel said. “So, I’m excited.”
Disclaimer: The Fort Worth Report received three students as part of the program.
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