Michael Cantu

Senior Parking Enforcement Officer
Parking Services

First UTSW job: Mail Courier. 

Best part about my job: Helping patients and visitors get to the right place here at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

What energizes me at work: Learning and training new hires about Parking Services.

How co-workers describe me: Dependable, detailed-oriented, and knowledgeable.

Recipe for success: Being detailed-oriented, because with Parking Services, it’s all about the details.

Best UTSW memory: Attending departmental Christmas parties and being elected to the Employee Advisory Council.

I wish I were an instant expert at: Auto mechanics – to be able to fix a vehicle no matter what is wrong with it.

I’m really good at: Putting anything together that needs assembling.

Hobby: Collecting sports autographs.

Surprising fact: I’m a licensed massage therapist.

Claim to fame: Issuing 155 citations in a single day.