Name: Wendy Lauritzen Developing A Career by NPS Oral History: Centennial Voices
Duration: 6 min 40 s
Description: How do you build a successful career in the National Park Service? In this installment of Centennial Voices, Wendy Lauritzen describes how she combined careful planning, serendipity, the guidance of mentors, and a professional organization to build a satisfying career.

In this segment of "Centennial Voices," we hear how a disciplined mentor and a balky horse teach a seasonal National Park Service ranger the importance of his image as well as his  duties.   

Ranger JD Swed, a flathat, and a horse

How do you build a successful career in the National Park Service? In this installment of Centennial Voices, Wendy Lauritzen describes how she combined careful planning, serendipity, the guidance of mentors, and a professional organization to build a satisfying career.  

Wendy Lauritzen Developing A Career

11-year old Jacob Barnes talks to Phyllis Brown, a Civil Rights activist and sister of Minnijean Brown Trickey, who was one of nine African-American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The high school is now a National Historic Site.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

Interested in what it's like to be born in the middle of a Yellowstone winter or raised in the heart of Yosemite Valley? Curious about the inner workings of parks or how people establish careers with the National Park Service? Hear firsthand accounts from former and current National Park Service employees that celebrate the history of our national parks and the role they've played in lives around the world. Thanks to the Association of National Park Rangers Oral History Project for making many of these interviews possible.

People's stories are among the most valuable resources that the National Park Service preserves and protects for future generations. Listen to people who have made the Park Service what it is today.

Wendy Lauritzen Developing A Career

NPS Oral History: Centennial Voices

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