Dean Ray

Has it been 25 years already? Where has the time gone. In the past 25 years I have done everything I ever wanted to do. Right out of high school I went into the army. While in the army I was stationed in California and Seoul, South Korea. After I left the army I moved to Lexington, Kentucky to be a videographer at the NBC station. I worked in television for over 7 years until I was offered a job as a deputy sheriff at the Fayette Co Sheriff's Office in Lexington. After 4 years of being a deputy I left the sheriff's department in order to make more money. I tried truck driving for a while I did make more money but I was never home. I branched out from truck driving to teaching truck driving. This is when I knew I needed to become a teacher. I loved teaching people to better themselves. Since I was hurt my back while in the army I quilified to get to have the VA pay for me to go to school. I began my college career at Lexington Community College where I graduated with honors. While attending LCC I took a job working in television again they worked around my school schedule. I started to work at the ABC station in Lexington as the assignment manager and intern supervisior. After I graduated from LCC I was accepted to the University of Kentucky where I majored in Special Education Learning and Behavior Disorders. I graduated from UK Cum Lauda May, 2008. I had a very busy life for the last 25 years and would not change a thing I did. I'm hoping the next 25 years are just as exciting.

I am now working at the Lexington VA Hospital as a Homeless Veteran Supported Employment Specialist. Which means I help homeless veterans find jobs. This is a long way from what I thought I would be doing after I graduated college in 2008 but it is a rewarding position.