How BASF is getting an early start on talent in Ascension

How BASF is getting an early start on talent in Ascension

A second summer at BASF’s TECH Academy helped Mateo Alvarez see a future for himself in the skilled trades. The rising senior at Ascension Early College Option first attended the academy in 2025, and I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do after high school. “After attending again this year, talking with the welding instructor at RPCC and seeing different places I could be a welder,” Alvarez says, “I am confident that welding is the career for …