Angela Mrotek:  

ally enjoyed the town and lived and worked there for two more years after I graduated in December of 1998 with my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I didn't join any sororities, but I was very active with my dorm - I lived there for three years and was always a member of the activity leaders and staff. This allowed me to participate in many of the campus activities including Homecoming and the highlight of my Junior year, the Spring variety show in which we stole the show. While still in school I held a job with a local newspaper on their production staff and then aquired a graphic designer position in the marketing department of the regional hospital in town. I left Kirksville in November of 2000. Workplace I've had many different jobs since I was 18. I first worked in retail at OfficeMax while I was still in high school and college. One I technially "moved" to my college town I worked in a restaurant as a prep cook, at a local newspaper on teh production team, and at the local hospital as a graphic designer in the marketing department. I also took second jobs at a convenience store/gas station and as a designer/production assistant with a former employer. After I left my college town, Kirksville, MO, is 2000, I returned to Mt. Prospect and signed on with a temp agency which placed me in call center for Sarah Lee and I also answered phones and took orders for a local business. But then, after sending out a few resumes, the offer came through to interview with Rand McNally (the map people) and I have been working for them six solid years as of March. I really enjoy the work I do. I'm a production artist (a very technical graphic designer for those who aren't sure) in the Design department and I work with a wide variety of people. Some of teh projects I work on even offer me the chance to travel on business trips, though only to printing plants in small, obscure towns in states like Ohio, Minnesota, and mainly Wisconsin. But I enjoy my work and am proud of the company.