Dawn Spink:  

Remember I went to Hazelwood Central my freshman year and sophmore years. Switched over to North County Tech in the drafting class. I have continued my career in the drafting field, and have stayed in close touch with many of my Hazelwood Central friends. After graduation I work at Ponderosa up on Lindbergh until the engineering field opened up. I started out at Frucon Engineering and was there for 9months. Went on to Sverdrup Engineering and worked in the bridge department for 5 years and then switched over to the Civil department. This is where I learned all about Cad. And that opened the door for me. In the middle here I meet a guy thru a gal I worked with. Married him and was married for 17 years. I had three wonderful kids. Two girls and one boy. Stayed at Sverdrup for 19.5 years. Wow, what a ride that was, many different jobs. Working on airports, to designing storm sewers and going back to school to do surveying. Work load was great and I rec'd many awards for accomplishments and meeting deadlines. In learning Cad, I was very veristile as in working with Microstation and Autocad. Plus doing a little bit of hydrolic engineering. I grew to be a designer. Then the divorce. Time to move along and what better time for change. My entire life was about stablilty and no change. I stuck my head out for a year (or my company) sent me over to the water company for a year on contract. Saved my job yet there wer openings and I was ready. I applied and had my first interview in 19 years. Wow.. I'm stunned. They had no doubt after working for them for a year they wanted me. I feel right into place and have had the best 8.5 years of my life. I have learned so much yet have decided to go back to school and learn more about accounting...Expand for more