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While in college, Castillo began his career as an intern for the National Weather Service in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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"And how do I help people so this doesn't happen to them? I just really got into weather: seeing my neighbors, the rubble, people screaming and total panic.
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"I just wanted to know how and why it happened," he said in an article in Hispanic Times Magazine. While in college, Castillo was secretary of the Meteorology Club, a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and a cheerleader.Ĭastillo had an extremely sporty childhood, where he dabbled in soccer, gymnastics, diving, pole vaulting and scuba diving.Ĭastillo's passion for weather sparked after a F-3 tornado struck his neighborhood and made national news on April 7, 1980. Castillo attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri on a leadership and academic scholarship and received his bachelor's degree, with honors, in Atmospheric Science.