After growing up working on farms, I swore I would never be a farmer. Joined the USMC in 1990 and served through 1994. I loved it, but a rash of injuries forced me out during Clintons big force reduction.
Worked different odd jobs until 2000, at which point I went to work for a civil engineering company as a soil tech. Did that for a couple of years until the boss, who was and is a family friend told me "Your a lot smarter than this job. Get off your ass and do something with your brain". Ended up doing that and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2007 with a degree in history and a teaching license.
Taught high school social studies until the end of 2008, when I got a job working for our county. Technically speaking, my job title is "Client Services Technician", but what I really am is a GED instructor, math teacher and mentor. I mostly work with at-risk and gang kids, trying to keep them on track and out of jail by educating them. I can honestly say that I found the job for me with this one, and I plan on expanding my education more in this area. I just turned 39 on the 14th of this month.
