Wilson Diaz always knew he wanted to work with his hands.
The 20-year-old Bronx native attended a vocational high school and went straight into getting his plumbing certification. In February, he studied in one of nonprofit Building Skills NY’s classes to get his HVAC certification.
Now, he’s doing carpentry work for C&S Subcontracting on houses in the Melrose neighborhood of the borough he grew up in, but he also sometimes moves around to other sites as needed.