Robert Brawley, a first-semester licensed practical nursing student at TCTC, hopes to be a family nurse practitioner after graduating in August 2027. (Zoe Naylor | Houston Herald)

This year marks the 30th birthday of Texas County Technical College, a vocational school for nursing in Houston which offers a licensed practical nursing program and a bridge program for students to move from LPN up to registered nurse.

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Originally from middle Tennessee, Zoe graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2026 with a master's in journalism. She primarily covers local government and school board and writes features for...