Horizons Youth Services

MCDC grad on the road to promising career with trucking firm

Years ago, singer Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” was a popular hit. In just a few short weeks, that song will be a perfect tune for MCDC graduate Darius Phillips. He will be moving on the a career in the trucking industry with C.R. England Global Transport in Salt Lake City, Utah, the nation’s largest refrigerated carrier, employing more than 5,900 drivers. Phillips has enrolled in the C.R. England Truck Driving School to obtain his Class A Commercial Driver’s License. 

He earned his high school diploma, Class B CDL and Level 3 Heavy Equipment Operator’s certificate while at MCDC. Phillips, who is from Jacksonville, Fla., said, “Job Corps offered me the opportunity to get my life back on track.”  His future goal is to own his own tractor trailer truck and be an owner/operator. Phillips’ advice to students interested in Job Corps is: “Stay focused on what you want to accomplish and do not let anyone or anything get in the way of accomplishing your goals.”