I am currently an environmental engineer for the state govt (Indiana). I conduct pollution prevention opportunity assessments and provide technical assistance on the Toxic Release Inventory (just added to my job duties since they won't fill the position to save money). I have been doing the assessments for just short of a year after transferring from the air permits branch of the state govt.
I graduated from Park University in Missouri with a BS in Eng. Admin. Management in 2006. Signing up for the Army College Fund was the one smart thing that I did while in the army! It paid for all but $5,000 of my degree. I was a combat engineer in the U.S. Army for 7 yrs 9 months and 14 days (I forget how many hours and minutes!
). I left the army to raise my daughter after her mother abandoned us in 1998 (I got out in 2001).
I grew up on a 5 acre farm in Indiana. We had cows, pigs, and chickens with 1/2 acre in hay. My father was a mechanic who chose to work at the Allisons Transmissions plant in Indianapolis. He taught me a lot about older cars like don't touch the metal bumper on a 68 Chevelle (my first car) while doing a battery swap on a running car!
How to change the starter on a 74 Ford Ranger (my third vehicle) and so on. My uncle is a carpenter/project manager who owns his construction company. I worked for him during the summers.
I think that sums up my experience and background. Oh yeah, I am a whitewater kayaker living in Indiana. This means I have to travel a lot to get to the rapids.