Source: US FBI
I was a nurse before I came to the FBI, and I applied to the FBI right after 9/11, like so many. About a year after starting the application process, I was doing pushups at Quantico and thinking, “I can’t believe I’m here.” It has been the most rewarding and incredible adventure. I have worked in the New Orleans Field Office, the Phoenix Field Office, FBI Headquarters, and the Mobile Field Office. In Mobile, I have worked crimes against children and am now the Evidence Response Team (ERT) senior team leader and embedded on a violent crime squad.
Describe your most memorable case or investigative success.
I’ve been on ERT since 2007, so I’ve been on a lot of searches and a wide variety of scenes. I think the Gabrielle Giffords mass shooting scene in Tucson in 2011 was probably the most memorable. It happened at a grocery store close to our home, where we would occasionally shop, and there were several victims at the scene upon arrival. It made it really personal. We do what we do for the victims, and we do it together as a team. While rough at times, I wouldn’t trade a day of it.