Braden Teague’s advice to Gadsden City students is on track with what today’s experts are encouraging many local students to do, “Enroll in one of the career technical programs at Gadsden City to get shadowing hours to learn what you want to do with your college career.” After all, it worked for Braden. He was an active member of the health sciences program at Gadsden City. After graduating from GCHS, he received his nursing degree from Gadsden State Community College. By 21 years old, Braden had completed his master’s and is now in the final stages of becoming a nurse practitioner. Today, he works as an emergency department nurse, adjunct nursing instructor for Jacksonville State University, and as an interventional cardiology physician extender for North Alabama Cardiology.