Jordan Wyler's Intro

My name is Jordan Wyler. I was born in Santa Monica, California, on December 27, 1990. Biologically, I am an only child, but I have one younger brother who was adopted. While living in Los Angeles, I attended a Spanish-immersion school. My family and I spoke English at home, but until the age of nine, all of my classes were conducted in Spanish. Sadly, I haven’t had the opportunity to use my Spanish on a regular basis since then, and as a result, I’ve forgotten the majority of it.

By the time I was nine years old, my mom, having been born and raised in Maine, got tired of living in sunny California and decided she wanted to move back East. Much to our collective chagrin, she found my dad a job in Charlottesville, Virginia, and we packed up our Suburban and spent four and a half days driving across the country to our new home.

My first day at my new school is a day I will never forget. In Los Angeles, it is not uncommon for girls to wear dresses to school. This is primarily because of the heavy Hispanic influence in that area, and Hispanic women as a whole have a tendency to dress up more. Naturally, I showed up for my first day of school in a dress. Surprisingly, I walked into a room full of kids who were all wearing pants or shorts. That was certainly an adjustment for me.

Another adjustment I had to deal with was reading and writing in English. I could speak the language just fine, but since I had gone to a school that taught everything in Spanish, it felt like I was learning English all over again. I was so used to everything being phonetic, and suddenly it wasn’t. It took me a while to figure things out, but I fully believe that my experiences have made me a better reader, writer, and editor.

I graduated from William Monroe High School in 2009. I attended Radford University for my first two years of college, and then decided to move out to Utah to get a fresh start, as it were. After becoming a Utah resident, I started at Weber State in January of 2013. I struggled a lot with Math 1010, which delayed my graduation, as did deciding I wanted to be an editor and having to change my major to reflect that decision. But now I’m back on track, majoring in organizational communication with an emphasis in technical writing. If everything goes according to plan, I will graduate April of 2017.

I work as a dispatch operator for AvantGuard Monitoring Centers, and I’ve been there for a little over two years. While working in this position is far from my career goals, it’s a great job for a college student and it pays well above minimum wage. Our company has the best CEO in the world. Last Christmas, I wasn’t able to get time off to fly home to Virginia to see my family, so my CEO invited me to have dinner on Christmas Eve with him and his family. We’ve been close friends ever since.

On a more personal note, I recently got engaged. We’re planning on getting married April 30. So on top of taking a full load of classes and working, I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time planning my wedding this semester. Eek!