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We are passionate, dedicated and resilient.

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We protect America's past, present and future.

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We are the Department of the Interior.

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Being a part of a community, part of Jemez,
I felt like I needed to give to my community

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and I love what I do.

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By being in service to Yosemite, I'm in service
to the United States.

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But I'm also, because it's a World Heritage
Site, I'm in service to the world.

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And I think by giving, you receive far more
in return.

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I actually went to school online, working
on my Master's.

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So I worked full-time and went to school full-time.

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My manager at the time was like, I see a drive
in you and it's whatever you want to do.

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I hired in out of college and I took a chance,
took the job and I'm still here 20 years later.

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So it's worth the risk.

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Don't let any opportunity pass you by.

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I wake up wondering like, what is my first
email going to be and what am I going to have

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to figure out in order to solve that problem.

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There's always gonna be a problem that shows
up and that's exciting to me.

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I love problem-solving.

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My work challenges me all of the time.

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I am learning new skills.

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Right now, I'm doing computer modeling, which
is something I never thought I would have

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ventured into but, it is so much fun.

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People understand that our jobs are tough.

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We have a lot to do and we work hard when
we do it.

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So there's an appreciation of times to recharge
and relax and we've got a great spot to do it.

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What's the best part of your job?

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All of it!

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I honestly love working for this park and
for the Park Service so much.

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Like, I seriously can't think of anything
else that I want to do.

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I really love, I love my work and I love my
job.

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To me that's a big factor if you have to wake
up every single day and enjoy the job that

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you have to go and do.

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And I really like the work.

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I think everybody in the HR office would agree
that one of the most fun things is offering

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jobs to people, because they get so excited.

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That's what gets me out of bed every day.

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It's really thinking about who will make a
difference, who can contribute to the work

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that I'm doing and how do we work or build
something together and move it forward.

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I never thought that working for the government
would be such an adventure, would be so enjoyable,

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that I would almost do it for free.

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