PORTFOLIO

Emergency management is a field that I always had a tie to, but never explored as a career path until my junior year of college. I found out the Tuscaloosa County EMA had an internship, and while it was very out of my field of focus at the time, it was something that excited me. I was ten years old when the Tuscaloosa tornado occurred in 2011, and it destroyed 12% of our city. Following the tornado, I joined my parents in disaster relief throughout the summer of 2011 at our church building, which had been destroyed. My parents became very involved in rebuilding our church building, which meant I became involved in the process as a middle schooler. 

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That event left an unimaginable impact on my life, and led me to help in disaster assistance in LaPlace, LA and Hattiesburg, MS in the years following. After high school, I became involved in helping the mayor of Northport, Bobby Herndon, on various disaster supply drives for different areas across the country. All these events culminated into showing myself that my main passion in life is helping people. Understanding that about myself has opened my eyes to the career I strive for in emergency management and being able to create relationships with the public through those events.