Enrique Avalos
Taco Bell
Irvine, CA USA
"For me, success is making others happy."
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Enrique's work combines: Business, Food, and Helping People
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Business/Commerce, General
Excelsior College
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Bachelor's Degree: Business/Commerce, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I grew up in a family of five and we struggled with our financial situation.
2.
I ended up taking a part-time job at Taco Bell to help the family.
3.
Whenever corporate would visit, there was always a buzz around our store.
4.
I started looking up to corporate, and working in the corporate office became one of my dreams.
5.
I took a semester of college when I was an RGM, but I wanted to be with my team, so I dropped out.
6.
However, my current boss encouraged me to go back, and set me up with our Excelsior program.
7.
Now I’m just two classes away from attaining my bachelor’s degree.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Family:
You need to help out the family.
How I responded:
When I was young, I wanted to go to college and become an engineer. However, because of my family’s financial situation, I had to take a job at Taco Bell to help the family out. When corporate would come to restaurant, I’d look up to them, never dreaming that I could someday be in their shoes, or that college could still be in my future. But I worked really hard and took every opportunity that Taco Bell gave me, and now I’m working at corporate and I’ve almost completed my bachelor’s degree.