McALLEN – “I graduated college with my bachelor’s in 2002, and in 2020, I never thought I’d go back,” says STC student Juan M. Casas Jr. For 13 years, Casas worked in the produce packaging business, traveling through some of the most difficult parts of Mexico “while times were tough” to visit customers in the field. Then, he lost his job suddenly in January of last year. “I had never been let go from a job,” says Casas. “You feel so hopeless, so cheated.” To make matters worse, just a few months later, the pandemic struck. It was impossible to even get ...