b"Where were your job locations? I started at 285 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn. Then I went to Water Street in Williamsburg, I can't remember the streetaddress. Then I went to 2 Lafayette, Manhattan. Then I went to Amsterdam Avenue and 145th Street, I don't rememberthe street address there. Then back to 2 Lafayette. Then to 285 Throop Avenue again and then I finally finished at 2 Lafayette.You moved around. What was your work title, or titles?I started as a Public Health Educator, then I went to the Senior Public Health Educator title or actually they changed itto Public Health Educator Two. And that's how, you know, where I retired from, in that title.Why did you decide to work for the City?My parents were civil servants and they encouraged me to take Civil Service tests. I'm an artist and that's what I reallywanted to do. That's how I ended up working in advertising for a while.Then I worked for Lane Bryant. After I got marriedand had children, I was on a three-year maternity leave. Getting back into Civil Service seemed to be the most practicalthing, at that point. The benefits, the working hours looked good. When I went back to work for the City, I was an OfficeAide, so that wasn't really that exciting, but I did gain a lot of experience, working in admitting in the hospital, registra-tion. I worked in Social Services because I went back to school. I used to be in DC37, which is another City union. When I was in DC37, they had a partnership with the College of New Rochelle. I already had a two-year degree from FIT [FashionInstitute of Technology], but I went back because they had classes at their union building, over on Chambers Street. I usedto go two nights a week, and so I got a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. So, I was able to go into Social Services andwork as a caseworker. I applied for the Public Health Educator position and they evaluated my education and experience.That's how I ended up going into the Teamsters Union, once I got that position. You said your parents worked for the City. What did they do?My mother was a Principal Administrative Associate. She worked for Human ResourcesAdministration which theycalled the Department of Social Services at that time. My father was a postal worker. He worked for the [Federal] government. They really felt that I should work for the City. They didn't think being an artist was going to pay the bills.Were either of them union members?Oh yeah, my mother was in CWA? I think that's 1180. I don't really know which union my father would have been in,but I think he was in a union. Did you have friends who worked for the City of New York?Oh sure, I knew two or three people that work for the Board of Ed. One is a librarian. She became a library director.The other one was a teacher. Another one was a school principal. 185 "