My professional background includes law enforcement, security, and retail management. During my law enforcement career, my duties included rape and drug investigation and liaison to the Health and Human Services Department, assisting with child abuse cases. My security experience includes residential and commercial patrol, supervision of officers, hospital security, and private investigation. Recruited by Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas, I spent my days working hospital security and my nights as a private investigator. The latter (private investigation) is the most interesting, entertaining, and dangerous positions I have ever had the honor to hold. (Everyone should have a midnight, near miss with a John Deere® combine at least once in their life.) In 1990, I began working for J. C. Penney in Lawton, Oklahoma. My law enforcement and security experience served me well in the retail environment and was particularly useful when Stage Stores, Incorporated hired me in 2002 to manage a failing store in Perryton, Texas. My first introduction to psychology and sociology was in the late 1970s, during my attendance at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas. The basic concepts of psychology and sociology I learned during my first semester of community college were a tremendous help, as I interacted with diverse societies in law enforcement, security, and retail sales. I must admit, I was never satisfied with solving a legal case or a customer service issue; I wanted to know what motivated the behaviors leading to the cases and issues. In 2009, a few years after I finally hanging up my gun and put away my high-heel shoes, I found I still had a curiosity about human behavior. In pursuit of this interest, I enrolled at University of Phoenix Online where I received my BS/PSY in November of 2012. Currently, I am a graduate student at Northcentral University, majoring in psychology, specializing in gender diversity.