Joanne was ready to retire, and we had a retreat prior to her departure where I said offhandedly that I was a nerd who liked things that others might consider tedious. Little did I know, but Joanne’s successor, Tina, made a mental note and remembered what I had said when she was asked to run the Child and Family Services Department for the School District which would oversee the Family Resource Centers, the Pre-K standards program, the Children In Transition Program, primarily for homeless youth and the Re-Engagement Centers, to locate students who had dropped out of school and encourage them to return to school or prepare for the GED.
I was initially learning the ropes, but I eventually learned how to manage grants, collect and record timecards, and design the website for our new department. I was finally at a point where I felt like I was where I needed to be.
Life changing event 