Daniel Wolf, education unlocked his potential

00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:11,300 I was a late bloomer. In high school, I didn't do that well. I don't think I had the maturity or the tenacity to really see my potential come to fruition. 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,500 I would say University of Phoenix had a profound effect on how I realized my potential. 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,000 I am a division chief responsible for over 20 firefighters, 20 captains and some firefighters. 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,000 It's very important with my job to keep my people safe so they can keep the populace safe. 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:36,000 I can have an in flight emergency on a B 2 stealth, and I'm chasing the aircraft down the runway with fire trucks following me 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:42,150 lights and sirens blazing, having to call for permission from the tower, having to talk on another radio talking to the pilot 00:00:42,150 --> 00:00:50,500 telling the medics whether they need to stand down. Just doing a million things at once, trying to organize the chaos, as I would call it. 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:56,500 Then after, do my best to take a step back and say, wow, that was really cool. How many people will get to do things like that? 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:03,000 I would not be prepared. I would not feel like I was in the right wheelhouse without the skills I got from the University of Phoenix. 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I'm proud of going through the experience and then being able to use that directly into my profession and make me a better firefighter, make me a better division chief, make me a better manager, make me all around better as a working professional.