Finding a Future in Fresno Manufacturing

George Cummings did not grow up imagining himself inside a machine shop. He grew up in Coarsegold, California, a small mountain town about 15 minutes south of Yosemite. For years, his world revolved around restaurants and college coursework — not steel, calipers, or CNC machines. “I work at PNM Co., and I am a machinist,” he said now, almost casually, as if it were always the obvious destination.