Jason Nehal:  

Life Hmmm...Over the past 21 years....lets see: Did 4 years at OSU, escaped after 4 years in the dorms capped by two years as an RA in the 'Towers' with a Bachelors in Poli Sci and Spanish. Spent a lucrative year as a bank teller in Columbus. Ick. I was down to my last few sellable units of plasma when the Government called me to interview for a position with the Centers for Disease Control. I thought it would be cool to make a living talking to prostitutes and IV drug users, and it was for the first two years in the worst parts of Chicago. I transferred to Cleveland in 1993 and talked to those same peoples' cousins for another six years. Investigated STD and HIV cases, hung out in the women's jail and did a study on STD prevalence in recently incarcerated women. Began working on my Master's in Public Health at Tulane. Found out why my 5 year old niece called it "gradual school". Transferred with a promotion back to Chicago in October 1999 where I helped run the Tuberculosis Elimination program. Earlier this year, I left government service to avoid a relocation to Los Angeles and now worked for HMSA, the local Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance Carrier for a year before becoming a supervisor in the US Postal Service. Somewhere along the line I fell in love, got married, fell out of love, got unmarried, fell in love again, and now I'm pretty settled in with a wonderful family consisting of my 9 year old blue-eyed ...Expand for more