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Home town:
Wichita, Kansas
High School attended:
Graduated Wichita North High School - 2006
College/post secondary education:
Jr. at Pittsburg State University - Pittsburg, Kansas. Major - Automotive Technology - expected grad, May 2010. Career objectives:
To graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Technology, Major in Automotive Technology with a minor in Business Admin. Work as a service writer at Davis-Moore Nissan Inc in Wichita Kansas and eventually work into a service management position with the company. Hobbies, interests:
Anything that involves working with my hands.
- Learning.
- Working on Cars.
- Public speaking.
- I shoot a lot of clay targets; I mainly play Skeet and Sporting Clays.
Why did you join SkillsUSA?
I joined SkillsUSA to sharpen my leadership skills, public speaking skills and become a more employable individual. The hands on competition experience and success has been icing on the cake, really good icing!
Who was most instrumental in your success in SkillsUSA?
There are three individuals who have been essential to my success as a SkillsUSA member: - Robert Allen, automotive instructor and lead SkillsUSA advisor at Wichita North High School. Mr. Allen got me involved with SkillsUSA and pushed me to do my best, on top of that he prepared me for the Kansas State SkillsUSA Automotive Service Technology contest. Mr. Allen has been a great friend and mentor though the years.
- Ron Downing, Automotive professor at Pittsburg State University and US Technical Expert for Automotive Service Technology. Mr. Downing has been a great mentor and friend. He is the chair of the Kansas AST contest, and I know that the time and effort he put into the contest to make it as much like the nationals as possible helped me over all during g the competition. He is currently working to prepare me for WorldSkills Calgary 2009.
- Ann Wick, SkillsUSA Kansas State Director. I have served both as a SkillsUSA Kansas State President (2005-06) and as the SkillsUSA National College Post-Secondary President (2007-08). Ms. Wick has been by my side pushing me to be the best and sometimes even better than that. She is a great mentor and friend. I currently work with her as the SkillsUSA Kansas State Officer Team Manager.
What does it mean to you to represent the United States at the 2009 WorldSkills Competition in Calgary?
Representing the United States of America as a part of the SkillsUSA World Team is truly a dream come true. It is also the many hours training for contests and preparing for automotive related events along with the support of family, friends and teachers alike all paying off. I am so very proud to be an American and am an extremely active advocate of SkillsUSA and career and technical education, so to be able to represent both at the WorldSkills contest is everything that I could ask for.
Any other information you would like to share?
The one thing that I treasure in my life has been my ability to not only be a successful leader in SkillsUSA as the National College Post-Secondary President (2007-08) but to be a successful automotive student and competitor. I think that these two traits have opened far more doors in life than I could have ever expected and I truly could not be saying this today with out SkillsUSA and the great mentors that I have worked with in the organization.
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