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…