Why I am at MATC.

I am Jackie Uecker. I have lived in Wisconsin my whole life. I first enrolled in MATC because in high school my friends and I exhausted the programming curriculum at our high school. The school offered to send us to MATC to continue programming. While I was there, I learned about the Network specialist program and realized with financial aid I could actually go to a college. Before I learned about that college wasn't an option financially.

Computers have always been apart of my life. When I was child, my family had a small farm of rabbits and chickens. We had a computer for making and managing the rabbits pedigrees. I also played video games and still do. I started with just an Atari 2600; now I have over 28 systems with over 647 physical games. I have built my own computer and Cisco lab.

I am currently in my final semester of the program. My life as a student has had it's ups and downs. I am both excited and nervous about completing this milestone and taking the next step in my career.