David Evans Email & Phone Number

I am excited to be at a time in my life that I am working on the fulfillment of a life-long dream. At the age of eighteen I left home to pursue adventure as an Alaskan commercial fisherman on the Bering Sea. It was on board the F/V Alaska Patriot that I met a biological observer that convinced me that I needed to be a fish biologist rather than a fisherman. While continuing to commercial fish in Alaska over the next few years, I met several fish biologists that were also pilots. I was enamored with the exciting life that they were living, and the fact that they got paid very well to do both. After several tries, I finally got the courage and ambition to attend Oregon State University Fish and Wildlife Department. Once I became an Anadromous Fish Biologist, I lost sight of the other part of my career and life goal of aviation. After many years of regretting not following my dream, I once again found the courage to make it happen. In the spring of 2020 I started on my path of a Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies in Aviation Science and Leadership Studies at Southern Utah University (SUU). While attending SUU, I successfully earned my rotor wing private pilot license with an instrument rating. Although, I am only two classes and an internship away from completing my MIS, I have temporarily suspended my graduate courswework, in order to focus on the completion of my commercial pilot and certified flight instuctor certifications in April of 2024. Once I have aquired employment as a flight instructor, I intend to finish the last of my graduate coursework online while working an internship in the administative department at 702 Helicopters.

Listed skills include Academic Writing, Public Speaking, French, Pianist, and 2 others.