>> I wouldn't say that it was really my intention to go in to emergency management.
I kind of found myself entering the field the way a lot
of emergency managers do, and that's through other paths.
I was in the National Guard for twelve years up until 2010.
So I was deployed for a month and a half for Katrina down in Louisiana.
And I got to see the effects of what disasters can do.
I think the biggest thing that affected me was how empty the area was.
Everyone had to evacuate.
So we were kind of there when no one else was.
No one else were there.
So really seeing that side of it made me want to pursue emergency management maybe as a career.
So I was attending Millersville for my undergrad in government and political affairs.
At the time, I was looking for internships and I was able to complete an internship
with Lancaster County Emergency Management which I work for now.
After the internship, I graduated and was deployed to Iraq for a year.
So that was in 2009.
When I returned luckily there was a position open at Lancaster County EMA
and I was fortunate enough to interview and then be accepted for the position.