"I am most proud of graduating from college. I am the first person in my immediate family to graduate from a 4-year university, and it means a lot to me to know that I stuck with it and achieved my degree. I finished my Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice with a 3.8 GPA. This accomplishment was very significant for my family, as well."

"At my last job, I'd just recovered from the flu, which I'd caught from another employee. I take good care of myself, so my immune system is pretty strong. The flu didn't knock me down too hard, and I recovered quickly. But my supervisor and I were probably the two most healthy individuals at work.

The day before the company's owner was due to visit our site, I was wrapping up my shift in the early afternoon, and one by one, nearly every employee of the night crew called in sick with the flu. The next thing I knew, I was volunteering to pull a double shift and keep working another 8 hours after I'd just put in 8 hours. We ended up being a skeleton crew rather than fully staffed, but I put my all in and set the pace for the rest of my team, keeping a positive vibe, despite how disgruntled the rest of our crew was at the beginning of our shift. Then, there were several callouts for the early morning shift. So, come midnight, I raced home, got in four hours of sleep, and ran back into work six hours later to pull in a morning shift and kept at it. My supervisor followed suit and did the same, except he hadn't just worked a double shift. Within an hour of our company owner arriving, the site was spotless, every project was complete, and no stone was left unturned. We left before the owner arrived, had breakfast, and celebrated a job well done. Within a week, I was promoted."