I began my EMS career in 1997 when I earned my EMT-B certificate.  Before 1997, I worked in many fields such as dishwasher, motorcycle mechanic, roofer, medical laboratory technician, and phlebotomist.  While in school for my EMT-P, I worked in the emergency room at the local trauma center.  Shortly after graduating from the SPC EMS program, I began working as a paramedic for the ambulance transport service in Pinellas County.  Less than a year later, I started my career as a firefighter.  I am currently working as a Lieutenant Paramedic for the City of Seminole on C shift.  I am also currently a student at Barry University in the MPA program.  In the past, I worked twelve years as a Medical Communications Officer (MCO) before the recent changes to the current medical director’s office.  After the cancellation of the MCO program, I started teaching CME for Pinellas County.  As of January 2014, I am teaching for the EMS program at the HEC campus.