Over the last 10 years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some amazing companies in the oil and gas industry. None better than my current employer Land Information Services. My job has allowed me to experience so many aspects of the oil and gas industry including a variety of platforms and even the business management side of the curtain. I currently hold dual roles as an office manager/assistant and a Sr. DO technician. I am preparing to start my last few semesters of engineering school in the spring and I am very excited that I am finally able to finish what I started in pursuing my dream of one day becoming an Imagineer. While leaving the industry I’ve grown to love will be hard, I know great things await me on the other side. My military experience showed me first-hand the importance of team work, flexibility and tenacity. I worked with the higher headquarters unit arranging training for soldiers, constructing and teaching classes, issuing equipment and maintaining inventory, and keeping up-to-date information on the latest CBRN threats and prevention methods.The UCO Journalism program allowed me to experience the communications industry and introduced me to writing, public relations, politics and research. Through the exchange program, I was given the opportunity to travel and experience other cultures and write about them in the university travel magazine and the student newspaper, where I served as a staff contributor.