Juan Gutierrez was born in Monterey Mexico on June 2, 1968. He went to high school at PSJA (Bears) and graduated in 1988. When he was only eighteen years old he signed up for the military, but before he could go into the military he had to take a test called the azimuth test. He ended up passing with a really high score and that’s what made become a technical surgeon because of how high of a score he made. I asked Mr. Gutierrez what made him go into the military and he said “I wanted to join the military because I had no direction of what I was going to do after high school.” When he found out he was going to the operating room to help out the doctor he was quite nervous because he did not want to see any broken bones or anything that looked gruesome and out of place. But …show more content…
Gutierrez says “yes it’s stressful because of some students, but it’s not as stressful as it used to be when he was in school finance.” Mr. Juan Gutierrez is someone, who has made so many accomplishments in his life. One of the questions I had asked him about his accomplishments of his whole career was about his race. “Being a Latino have you made an impact in Texas? He answered “I think I have, in terms of being a surgical tech, I made a difference because when some patients who would come in to the operating only spoke Spanish I spoke for them,” and then I asked if he made an impact in teaching. He said “I feel more rewarded because you do make an impact on students, whether it’s a bunch a students or just one student you still make an impact and that’s pretty great.” I believe that Juan Gutierrez did make a very big impact in his career, from going into the military, to becoming a Technical Surgeon, working at school finance, and becoming a teacher, he, in my eyes, has made a really big impact to Texas. Another question I had asked him was “do you think you are treated differently being Latino?” He answered “To be honest with you, maybe they did but they did it without me knowing