Cynthia Brown:  

hello everyone, hope all is well!!!!!! Wow how time goes by so fast, it just seem like we just graduated. What have I been up to?????? I went to OCC and got my associate degree in applied science and mental health, then went right on to wayne state university and recieved my bachelor in social work which was in May of 1994. This is when the story starts to get good and how in a split second your life can change for ever!!!!!!!! I was going on vacation to Minn in July 94, (just before going straight threw to get my master degree and had a job at children hospital in detroit) we were outside rockford, ILL when we was in a car accident, this left several surgies to fix the injuries but I would make it. I got a chance to go on vacation (dec 94) for some rehabilation for my injuries and that is when I met some of my closest friends I know who are family to me. I went back to mich in jan 95 and march 95 had moved to tampa, FL with a job in hand/apartment and a new journey in my life. I worked for several companies (3 total) before I really sat down and said what do I want to be when I grow up!!!!!!! I have always wanted to do something to help people and really make a difference in there lives. I narrow it down and being a firefighter was it. I went to HCC and got my EMT-B license then got my firefighting cert with them. I worked for a private ambulance company while attending FF school. Once I was done I got hired at Plant City Fire Rescue where I was a firefighter/EMT, while there I went with a coworker to mantee tech Ins to get my paramedic license (took about 1 year), which I got on march 16th 2006 (PCFR total 3 years about). on March 20th 2006 i started at Hillsborough Count...Expand for more