b'books, gym clothes, toiletries, food, pen and paper. You had to muscle up to the roof of the building with all that gear andthen stand in the hot sun. Id be wiping sweat as we were inspected head to toe. I had no problem with it. Then we wouldgo back down to the classrooms. I had the best teachers, Lieutenant Houston and Lieutenant James. We had a great classand we are still friends. I was the oldest in the class, so they called me Mommy. I loved it and we still get together oncein a while.We studied the ins and outs of how to keep the children and the staff safe. We had to learn code to speak toeach other and the police. I was placed in one of the worst schools in the Bronx. They would take you to other schoolswhen needed. I was in almost all the schools in the eastside of the Bronx for about a year and a half to three years. I gotplaced in Committee Broad on Tremont Avenue. I was there for three and a half years. At first, it was very confusing. Then,I got it. I was sent to a special school for children with special needs, (OT, PT, speech therapy, etc.) The staff and I got alongreally well.I miss the family feeling of my work, not the work or traveling in bad weather or the training. I still love someof the School Safety Agents and I miss them. Ill be there for them when I can. I still have my uniform. Sometimes wedont recognize each other when we arent in uniform.\x02Reva EdgalCampus Security AssistantMember since 2011In her own wordsI was very fortunate to have graduated from three SUNY/CUNY colleges throughout myeducation and becoming a social worker. I reached the point in my career as a socialworker where I simply needed a career/job change. One day I found an advertisementabout an opening in CUNY Public Safety. My first thought was this might be a goodway to give back and help fellow up and coming CUNY graduates get through HunterCollege safely. I took the exam and waited a year to receive an invitation to attend a CUNY Public Safety hiring pool event.This gave me time to think through changing careers from social work from which I was truly getting burnt out. Thisseemed to be a less stressful job opportunity which made sense. I also started looking into the benefits of working in astate/city job.Beyond less stress, the first reason to change jobs, the second reason was the lifelong benefits that come with beinga union member. There is more to life than titles. The long-term financial security and benefits that union membershipprovides is notable. Union membership also allows me life long membership in an organizational movement that helpssave this countrys moral fabric. This is my number one reason for making this career/job change.After several years as a Campus Security Assistant at Hunter College, I got a lot of pleasure when students and graduates would tell me how my work there made them feel safe and comfortable for their time at Hunter. In lookingback, this is the reason it has been my honor to have worked there for eight years. Reviewing my time at Hunter has truly allowed me to remind myself what really matters in ones work life.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *213 '