Tire shop

Mahmoud Baidas moved to Indianapolis from Jordan nearly 10 years ago to study graphic design. Today, he's a manager at American Eagle Tires.

He’d never worked with cars before, but like graphic design back in Jordan, Baidas worked hard at it to become better. “I keep going,” Baidas said, “Part-time, here and here. He left his master's program to work full time. They’d just dropped by because a friend had recommended this tire shop in the Venerable Flackville neighborhood. He worked part-time jobs while taking classes. “It’s hard, I'm telling you,” Baidas said.