Approximately 20 alumni recentlyvisited Archbishop High School in Marreroto encourage students who are still deciding their career paths.

Students heard presentations from graduates of 1985 to 2009 representing more than 15 careers. Careers included medicine; (medical doctors, nursing and dentistry), government; (attorneys and law enforcement officers), hospitality; (restaurant and tourism), engineering; and business/ finance.

Representing the class of '85 was Dr. Hector Cabrera; class of '86, DEA Special Agent Brian Mariana, nurse Troy Chesterman, engineer Henry I. DiFranco Jr. and attorney Keith Bergeron; class of '88, physical therapist Scott Sculthorp, attorney Ron Austin and DEA Special Agent Lonnie Taix; class of '90, dentist Darryl Bourg; class of '91, chief financial officer Wayne Templet; class of '95.Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts and Kevin Guidroz; class of 2001, district manager Derrick Dunne; class of 2003, inside sales representative Dave Noble; class of 2004, adviser/entrepreneur Kyle R. Beerbohn; class of 2006, engineer Jeremy Walker; and class of 2009, entrepreneurs of 3-D Printing Ricky Twiggs and businessman Joe Stieffel.

Although students were attentive and displayed interested in all of the presentations, they were particularly intrigued with the two youngest graduates, Twiggs and Stieffel, both age 23 and who own their own businesses.

Twiggs, a psychology major graduate from Holy Cross College, is founder and sole proprietor of "Unchained Thought Enterprises" (UTE). He uses three-dimensional print to design and construct/create robotic hands, legs and feet for patients who have lost limbs. He says that so far, he has designed three adult legs and 15 hands and feet for adults and children.

Twiggs said, "We are a research and development company that implement emerging technologies into various industries such as robotics, healthcare, three- and four-dimensional printing and other areas.

He said, "I am a consultant. I help generate more business for other companies and develop detailed logistic reports for targeted markets."

During the presentation, Twiggs displayed one of the robotic hands that his company designed and constructed. He said, "I hire engineers and organize logistics to provide limbs for those in need.

"Prosthetics can run from $1,500 to $15,000; they can be very expensive. For those who meet certain criteria, we work with them to help provide the limb."

Stieffel, his longtime friend and colleague, is a business graduate from University of South Mississippi and markets UTE business and other businesses. He is also the owner of R&D Specialties, which designs and prints logos on a variety of items and was engaged to embroider logos onto the tee-shirts for UTE.

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