Founder of Texas vocational and CDL school followed unconventional path to success

MT Training Center, located just south of Dallas, is not your average CDL school. This school was born out of a passion for helping people — founder Melissa Cuellar says she wanted to find a way to create lifelong careers while also supporting people in their time of need.

She didn’t start out in trucking.

“It’s really interesting, because I actually started my own medical transcription company when I was 21, and I did that for about six years,” Cuellar said. “Part of my job was to train people how to do medical transcription.

“In my bright, logical mind I thought, ‘Hey, if I can train somebody at work how to do medical transcription, then I can own a school where we can teach medical transcription,’” she continued. “I actually opened the school in 2001 when I was 27”.

As her business grew, people sought her out about adding different types of training options — including truck driver training…

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