Student Experiences

No matter where these current or former students are in the process of reaching their goals, we salute them. They have dared to turn dreams into reality through education. Could you be next?

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Jacqueline W. Cooksey, RRT, RDCS

Coordinator of Clinical Services, Quality Medical Imaging

“I had a great experience at El Centro when I earned my associate degree in Respiratory Care, which is why I went back when I decided to earn a certificate in Cardiac Sonography. Any time you mention it to people in the medical profession in Dallas, they know that you have gotten a good, solid education and that you can do the job they hire you to do.”

Cardiac Sonography

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John A. Salinas, RDCS

Cardiac Sonographer III, Parkland Hospital

“I never thought I could even go to college. Now I have two associate degrees and a bachelor’s degree. Going to El Centro taught me discipline and how to completely restructure my life as to what was most important. Sometimes I hear people say, ‘Oh, you don’t know what it’s like where I come from.’ But I do know. I’ve been there, and I never want to go back. And now that I have an education, I’ll never have to.”

Cardiac Sonography

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Core Curriculum

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Karin M. Ozowski, RDCS (PE)

Registered Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer, Pediatric Heart Specialists

“My experience at El Centro was wonderful. The program included online classes plus clinicals three or four days a week. We had the flexibility to do our homework at our own convenience, either doing a little every night or doing it all over the weekend, whatever worked best for us.”

Cardiac Sonography

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Kristy Sweeney, RDCS

Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer, UT Southwestern University Hospitals, and Adjunct Faculty, El Centro Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Cardiac Sonography

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Liberty Cowden, RDCS

President and Senior Consultant, Liberty Cowden Inc.

“It amazes me that my entire degree cost approximately $4,500 and is far more valuable in the workplace than a certificate but cost about one-fourth as much. Many of my friends with four-year degrees are loaded with debt and do not have near the same earning potential with their degrees.”

Cardiac Sonography

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