Hello, welcome to my lesson.

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My name is Charlotte. I specialize in arts, art, history,

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um, physics, specifically mechanics and electricity.

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Um, I am originally from Los Angeles, California.

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I went to Santa Monica College for a little bit,

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but then, um, after the pandemic, my life changed

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and, um, my interests,

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my career interests took a drastic turn

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and it led me to here in Orlando, Florida.

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Um, in the beginning I wanted to be an animator

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and I wanted to have my own animation studio

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and make my own stories and comics and all this cool stuff.

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But like I said, my interests changed even though I've

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always had a love for drawing

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and I've always drawn every single day

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during this whole endeavor,

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I've decided I wanted to become a pilot.

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So I moved to Orlando, Florida

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and I enrolled into a part 61 flight school.

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Um, and that is still an ongoing endeavor for me,

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but while enrolled in school, I worked

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as a jet bridge mechanic.

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So the jet bridge is the thing that goes up to the plane.

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You know, when you board or deport a plane, it's the,

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it's the bridge that goes up

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and you can pile in or pile out.

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And sometimes the bridge decides it doesn't wanna get

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to the plane when you have like about a hundred

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or so passengers waiting to deboard.

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So they would call me over and I would come over

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and I would fix it and everything would be great.

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And during that job, I gained a real passion understanding

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for mechanics and, um, electronics

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and seeing how things like that worked.

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I also worked on ground power units.

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I worked on water cabinets.

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Um, I worked on pca, use hvac, so that was really fun

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and it made me wanna pursue more in the, um,

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mechanical engineering side of aircraft.

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So I went to the University of Florida.

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I went to their, um, accredited sister school, avionic, um,

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USA, and I got a certification in avionics.

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So now I am offic an official aircraft electrician,

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and I hope to share the knowledge

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that I've gained on the field with you all here.

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Um, I am, like I said,

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I'm a professional artist on the side.

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In addition to everything that I do

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that's aviation related, I'm also an artist.

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So if there's anything you wanna know, please, um,

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let me know and let's see if we can work this out together.

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Thank you.

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