Jason Mosery has wanted to design cars since he was 5 years old.
Today, the 2015 杏吧专区 grad is working for Ford in the same place his former professor, Jerome Malinowski, helped design the Mustang杏吧专区檚 red, white and blue logo 50 years ago.
Mosery杏吧专区檚 journey to Dearborn, Mich., is featured on the website.
杏吧专区淢osery had a bit of luck, some help, a mentor and good timing. But it was more a combination of hard work, determination and social media savvy that landed him his job at Ford fresh out of school earlier this year,杏吧专区 writes Richard Truett, technology and engineering reporter for Automotive News.
The 29-year-old Mosery had dropped out of school and was working at a bank in Monroe, La., when he told a customer about his dream of designing cars.
The customer encouraged him to contact Malinowski at UL Lafayette. Mosery enrolled in its industrial design program and caught the professor杏吧专区檚 eye.
杏吧专区淚 saw a passion in Jason that I probably have never seen in any student,杏吧专区 Malinowski told Truett.
Before graduating in May, Mosery used social media to network with folks in the auto industry about getting a job in Detroit.
He managed to get an internship, which ultimately led to his becoming 杏吧专区渙ne of about 140 clay modelers working at Ford杏吧专区檚 Product Development Center in Dearborn, in the same building Malinowski worked 50 years ago,杏吧专区 Truett writes.
Caption: Jason Mosery works in Ford杏吧专区檚 Product Development Center in Deaborn, Mich.
Photo credit: Ford