{"id":51617,"date":"2025-10-02T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=51617"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:07:46","slug":"from-acc-to-austin-pbs-how-jose-turned-an-internship-into-a-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2025\/10\/02\/from-acc-to-austin-pbs-how-jose-turned-an-internship-into-a-career\/","title":{"rendered":"From ACC to Austin PBS: How Jose Turned an Internship Into a Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you\u2019re thinking about internships, take a page from Jose Alfredo Campuzano Jr.\u2019s story. His experience at Austin Community College District (ACC) didn\u2019t just give him classroom skills; it led directly to a career at Austin PBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through ACC\u2019s Audio Technology and Industry Program<\/a>, Jose discovered a passion for music production. That passion connected him with an internship at Austin PBS, which became the launching pad for his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI came in here with really no experience, just from what I had learned from Audio Engineering I and Hip-Hop Production. I think Austin PBS gave me the foundation to explore different avenues and to get behind-the-scenes action from working on interviews to helping stage manage bands,\u201d Jose says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A first-generation college student, Jose\u2019s path hasn\u2019t always been straightforward. He changed majors twice, earned an Associate Degree in Architectural and Engineering Computer-Aided Design<\/a>, and is now working toward his Bachelor of Applied Technology in Manufacturing Engineering Technology<\/a>, set to graduate in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy favorite part was ACL (Austin City Limits) and getting to see a whole production and show come together. I will forever be grateful for the relationships I made and will continue to make since I am now an employee,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jose credits professors, lab monitors, and mentors for preparing him for the opportunity, especially Ray Lamana from the Audio Department, the Audio MIDI Lab team, and Austin PBS staff, including Juliana Kolk, Randy Reynolds, JJ Weber, Stephanie Dale, and Artemis Lesgaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI enjoy the connections I have made and how much I have learned in so little time. I really enjoy the process of making something and seeing the vision for it, then applying it to real life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead, Jose plans to finish his bachelor\u2019s, continue studying audio production at ACC, and pursue creative projects in music and media. He also accepted a full time position at Page, now Stantec as a Fire Alarm Designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy advice for someone looking for an internship is to show pride in what you do and always be open to learning and asking questions, and make sure you love what you do. Don\u2019t get discouraged\u2014when one door closes, three more open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information or to explore internship opportunities at ACC, visit austincc.edu\/internships<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re thinking about internships, take a page from Jose Alfredo Campuzano Jr.\u2019s story. His experience at Austin Community College District (ACC) didn\u2019t just give him classroom skills; it led directly to a career at Austin PBS. Through ACC\u2019s Audio Technology and Industry Program, Jose discovered a passion for music production. That passion connected him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":51620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1371,1227,1130,165,367,422],"class_list":["post-51617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-stories","tag-architectural-and-engineering-computer-aided-design","tag-audio-technology-and-industry","tag-austin-pbs","tag-bachelor-of-applied-technology-in-manufacturing-engineering-technology","tag-internship","tag-music","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}