Harris Beyan Shares How is Electrician Skills Paid For His College Degree

As a small vocational school, we are always excited to share testimonials from our graduates. Harris Beyan graduated from our electrician program in April 2019 and immediately put his skills to work. He and Heather Cannon, Co-Founder and Executive Director. They started chatting in Messenger in July 2019, and he has shared various chapters of his journey since then.

After making their introductions in 2019, he shared the following:

"To admit the fact, this skill [electrician] has helped me plenty and is still helping me, I graduated from high school in July 2017, and I was actually thinking "what I will do to help me quickly", a close friend came and encouraged me to join him at UDS and I did. Currently, I use the skill to get for transportation and other needs for college." He was enrolled at United Methodist University in July 2019.

The next time he messaged Heather was on February 23, 2020, and he said, “Since I graduated, I have not gone broke for a week."

It was another two years before he gave an update on this work on March 21, 2022. When Heather asked how things were going with his electrician work, he responded, “It is good and benefiting me greatly,” and “Since I graduated, I am always lucky with jobs” as an independent contractor.

Now moving to 2024, Harris posted in the UDS Community Chat on January 18 that he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He and Heather chatted again about his latest achievements, and he credited his electrician skills for helping him achieve his degree. Harris demonstrated how trade skills can help young Liberians achieve their goals and dreams.