Andrew Rodriguez

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Hi All my name is Andrew Rodriguez. It all started with watching the first ever “Fast and the Furious”. The cars, the sound of the exhaust, the feeling of being behind the wheel and yes the girls. Slowly, It transitioned to something therapeutic. When my life was falling apart, going for a drive made everything disappear. The only thing that mattered was shifting into gear and getting on the throttle.

I grew up a chunky kid from New Jersey with low self-esteem and barely any friends. I reinvented myself in college. I found fitness to be a big part of my life. My therapy at the time was the gym and my 2008 Honda Civic SI.

During college I found another passion and that was Occupational Therapy. In 2014 I graduated with my Masters in Occupational Therapy, returned to Jersey and practiced for 5 years. I then relocated to Texas since I had family there and wanted to travel. Along the way I’ve driven cars such as: 2015 Subaru STI, 2013 Mazdaspeed3 and yes I even owned a truck, 2018 Toyota Tacoma. I hadn’t had the truck for 2 years then I stumbled upon a 2019 Subaru WRX. It had been my dream to own a Subaru again. I remember that day clearly, I spoke with my wife
about getting my dream car and the following words were enough to have me race to the dealership to get that car: “Go get your dream car!”

Today, my life revolves around working on my car, photography, education on fitness, and helping my patients’ get their lives and independence back.

Cars have been my passion since Paul Walker topped his car out at 140 MPH and the race he “almost had Vin Diesel in” and I am looking forward to learning as well as giving my advice to my team members of Jen Speed