What did you do for a career? Explain how you chose that career.

My career was Hanford

When I graduated from High School my mother drove me to Columbia Basin College to see about signing up.  I didn't "know" what I wanted to be and the classes were for English, History, same kind of things I took in high school.  I knew I was good at secretarial stuff so I went to Modern Business College and signed up for "Executive Secretary" program.  Before the six months program was over I had an interview out at Hanford with Wadco company, which later became Westinghouse.  I was a part time typist in the typing pool.  I quickly got a job as a secretary and then four years later got my first job as an Engineering Technician Trainee.

I remained a technician for a couple of decades in various locations and then went on to Operations Specialist and then Maintenance Specialist, spending 40 years out at Hanford.  Didn't plan it but it just happened.  My first husband, Kerry Lynch was a blind date, through his sister Mickey, whom I worked with.  My second husband, Mark Johnson was working in the same building (308 Bldg.) and asked me out.