Age 47. Dad got teaching degree from WSU, uncle got teaching degree from WSU. Family Bleeds Crimson.
Went to Big Bend Community College Moses Lake. Went to Spokane Falls Community College.
Got Flu, Chicken Pox, Strep throat all in same quarter, got QUARANTINED. Because of that, I got incompletes, couldnt withdraw, lost my Pell Grant. Was told that I would have to go to SFCC on my own dime, in order to get the incomplete grades up, get off academic probation, get Pell Grant back, etc.
Went into workforce as a Call Center Rep.
Spent $800 to take a NAC, Nursing Assistant Certified Class, got my NAC
Worked a Riverview Care Center.
Studied Internet Networking, Web Design, at, in College.
Designed BBCC computer science Dept Website
Helped manage the $45,000 BBCC computer science dept budget, as a intern, Advanced Computer Topic Class Participant.
Started a Hyper Lynx Web Techs, Webdesign, desktop publishing business that had about 3 to 9 customers, that failed, burned bridges, when Partner's wife said "Either the Business goes or I go"
Studied, took Journalism, News Reporting, Mass Media, Speech 101, Photo Journalism classes.
Was a News Reporter at the BBCC, SFCC newspapers.
Was a News Editor at SFCC newspaper.
Wrote a News Story about unearthed Tanks at the closed Larson Airforce Base, BBCC, because they were getting replaced that leaked. The News Story Scooped(Beat out to)the Columbia Basin Herald, Spokesman Review.
Interviewed Spokane Mayor John Talbot(23 minute interview) over a story I wrote about the Spokane Unity in the Community event led, started by Spokane John Talbot.
Helped write the SFCC communicator Newspaper Issue that won the collegiate version of the Pullitzer Prize for best single collegiate newspaper single issue.
Helped write the BBCC Issue that covered the Barry Loukatis school shooting of Frontier Junior High School, in Moses Lake, WA, in 1995.
Volunteered at St Joseph's Care Center.
Have taken a EMT class in Reardan, WA, that passed, graduated from(but still need to pass extremely hard Federal EMT exam to get hired at Davenport Hospital.
Started DJ Business.