 Good evening I'm a firm believer and everything happens for a reason and I'm going to start with telling you my story About three years ago. I worked for ten years in a manufacturing facility And I was a supervisor and I had little to no time no spare time outside of work. I worked approximately 60 70 hours a week and I had very little time for my family. I had very little time for anything Making a decision to come back to school was because I was a displaced worker and It was a blessing in disguise because I wasn't a happy person my family started to hate me and I started to hate myself so I Decided I want to go back to school. I want to be a role model for my children because I was telling them how important education was and Like I said the decision was easy, but I just wish the journey was as easy as that decision I enrolled in the criminal justice corrections program. I will be graduating in May and I was Frightened when I first entered the school because I am a little bit older and I had the expectations that it was going to be a lot of younger generation However, it wasn't like that at all at the technical college. It was As Brittany was saying I felt at home. I got involved in a lot of the activities I was part of the NTO program a part of the NTO program still in I also got involved in our corrections club and The first semester I earned. Yeah second semester I signed up for this secretary and I now am the president of the corrections club and I help organize a bunch of community events the most recent was our Toy drive we did a toy drive in December and that was a huge success and that went out to not only our community in Wisconsin Rapids, but it went out to the Adams community and Marshfield community as well. So I mean things like that couldn't happen without Everyone playing a part My experiences over the past two years have been monumental I have made friends with people that I know will continue well past graduation. I Know when I graduate I will be prepared for the career that I am going into I Have to give a special thank you to my instructor Miss Courtney Kostahusky Without her. I don't think that I would have rised up or Rowson to the full potential That I am right now her constant encouragement and Just that drive that she has helped me and Again, I'm just I'm very grateful to have had her teach me. I Want to say thank you so much to mr. Robert W. Barrett and company for putting on such a wonderful banquet, but also for the contribution Again everything happens for a reason if you don't know that maybe start believing in that Thank you