What can’t Dublin graduate Oscar Garcia do? Garcia, who owns the family business Garcia’s Garage, LLC (formerly Garcia Bros), does heating and air conditioning, appliance repair, septic tank installation, paint and body and collision work. And while he stays booked and busy with his various vocations, Garcia still makes time to hang out with his family and enjoy life in Dublin.
Garcia graduated from Dublin High School in 2006, and after graduation went to the trade school Lincoln Tech. He’d heard from a friend that heating and air conditioning was a solid career path, so he focused on that and graduated in 2007.
His first job after college was for Sears Home Services in the Metroplex. Garcia enjoyed the work, but not so much city life. “You do have a lot of stuff in the city, but at the same time, you can’t do what we do over here outside,” he said. “You can’t ride your four-wheeler or go out in the boonies, or make a little bonfire.”
Missing the country, Garcia moved home to Dublin in 2012 and started diversifying his skill set. “I went from just air conditioning into appliance repair, also,” he said. “I did everything from washers, dryers, refrigerator, dishwasher, microwaves, pretty much everything you use at home.”
He also went back to school to learn paint and body and collision repair. He graduated in 2013 and, with help from his parents, opened his own collision and body shop in Dublin, Garcia Bros.
After he opened the shop, people still came to him for HVAC work and appliance repair. “I was like, ‘Yeah, why not?’” he said. “And then I made that into a career together. I know it’s a weird combo, but for a lot of people, that’s kind of cool. If you’re not doing one thing you’re doing another thing, and I’m glad because the seasons are different for each department [of my business].”
In 2024, Garcia and his brother Silviano Jr. opened a business installing septic tanks, and in 2025, Garcia opened Garcia’s Garage LLC, which houses all his various businesses under one roof. The company offers paint and body work, appliance repair, dustless blasting, septic system installation, spray bed liners and more.
Garcia is currently adding another building onto his operation, which is based northwest of town on PR 1317.
While that may sound like a lot of businesses all in one, “It’s not crazy,” says Garcia. “I’m not really busy every day, I’m calm and I’m happy, and I have my repeat customers.”
Garcia has a lot of help, too. “The shop has always been run as a family business,” he said. “My brother Silviano Jr. Garcia, and my mother and my father are the ones that are mainly my helpers, and then I have one friend that helps me out with paperwork.” On an a v e r a g e week, Garcia is taking phone calls, offering quotes, and driving out to different jobs. “Most of the time, I go just by myself, or take my brother with me,” he said. “I tell people, I’m one part of the brains, and he’s the other part of the brains. We can understand each other well.”
Garcia’s future plans are to just keep taking the business one day at a time. “I’ve been growing since I started. I have grown a lot, and that’s what matters right now,” he said. “When I get old, when I retire, I just want to sit in my shop and look back and have hopefully inspired young people, and [keep] helping them out when they need something. That’s something I have learned, is to always listen to older people because they will help you out and they will guide you the right way.”
When Garcia has free time, he enjoys spending time with his friends and family. He’s not married and has no kids of his own, but loves hanging out with his nieces and nephews.“They’reablessing,” he said. “They’re always like, ‘Hey Uncle, can you come to our game?’ or ‘Hey Uncle, can we get pizza?’” Garcia is happy to live near his parents, Silviano and Maria Garcia. “The older you get, you just want to be at home close to your parents or friends,” he said.
His parents are Garcia’s biggest inspiration in life. “They left Mexico to give us a good career, and we are very blessed that they have pushed all of us to make something of ourselves — to do what they were not able to,” he said. “Being the first generation of the family who went to high school and graduated and went to [trade] school and then on to a career, it was a blessing for me, and then also showing my parents that without them, I wouldn’t have been where I am now.”
“A lot of friends have told me that they wish they had my parents because of how they pushed us and supported us and everything,” he said.
Throughout his life, Garcia has had to learn to ask for help. “Don’t do everything yourself,” he said. “You will get overwhelmed, overtired, and frustrated, or can’t finish something. Always ask for help or let somebody guide you. And then, some people believe it, and some people don’t, but I always say to put yourself and God first.”
Garcia’s advice to Dublin graduates is to keep going and have faith that things will work out for them “Don’t give up — just because one door closes doesn’t mean everything’s going to be closed for you,” he said. “There will always be a door open, another opportunity for you. Just take it one day at a time.”
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