This Hispanic Heritage Month, we bring you the story of a popular program at Sierra College in Rocklin that's attracting Latino students. It is called mechatronics, the study of all things tech and automation.

"It's what gets me going in the morning," said student in the course, Adam Chavez. "It's what I enjoy."

The 16-year-old college student sees a bright future ahead because of this program.

"It kind of opened up my world and my eyes," Adam said.

Department chair of mechatronics, Roy Ingram, said that with so much of the world being automated, there is a huge demand for technicians.

"If you've stopped at a traffic stop in a day, that's a mechatronic system," said Ingram. "If you've drank clean water, that's a mechatronic system."

The program is especially attracting Latino student

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