b"what I did. After high school, I went to New York City Community College for Hotel and Restaurant Management. I've always been steady employed all my life. I was never out of work for a long period of time.I went for the degree. I didn't attain the degree, but I took all of the cooking classes. I passed, but the problem was the other stuff. I always hadsteady employment. I remember when I was growing up with my friends on the block and they would ask: What highschool you going to? I'm going to school for cooking. They laughed at me, but who's laughing now? I was alwayssteady employed.You're a highly capable and flexible man, and highly skilled. It's been a great pleasure to talk with you.Thank you. \x02Yvette JenkinsPublic Health EducatorMember since 1996The following is an edited version of Yvette Jenkins oral history interview from June 22, 2018. What year did you become a member of Teamsters Local 237? I became a member when I became a Public Health Educator, so that was 1996. I was 49.Was this the same year you went to work for the City of New York?No, I had been working for the City of New York, continuously from 1980. I also worked briefly in 1968 for the City ofNew York.Did you have another job prior to working for the City of New York? Yes. In '68 I worked for Bellevue Hospital. I left to finish school at the Fashion Institute of Technology. I worked in advertising for, about four years, five years.What City agency did you work? I worked for Health and Hospitals Corporation. Then I worked for Human Resources Administration for a brief period.Then I went to DOH which later became Department of Health and Mental Hygiene184 "