Lianne Swanson

As of right now I'm a full time student at Salina Area Technical college pursuing my AAS in diesel technology. I got a internship with Peterbilt in Great bend. I love school but the cost of schooling,tools and transportation took a toll on me and my family financially. I'm fully committed to this and have made the drive to school everyday and back. It's a hour and twenty minute drive for me but that hasn't stop me from being a straight A student . The whole reason why I live far away is because my husband got a job as a linemen in Great Bend KS which is great but the closes diesel school was Beloit or Salina tech and they were both equally far to drive. I've survived one year of school and still have another year left. Schooling will never end for me as the technology keeps advancing on semi trucks I need to keep up with the times. So after I graduate SATC I will be full time employee at Doonan Peterbilt in Great bend Kansas and I will be sent off to do specialty training classes that they offer to be certified and trained in depth about the new technology that have been adding to the trucks. I learned that schooling will never end and I'm motivated by my family to become a master diesel tech.