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Cyndy Carroll
Engineering Graphics
Lexington Community College
(Teaches Computer Aided Design 2D & 3D)
 

Education:
Eastern Kentucky University
Technology Education, M.S.

Berea College
Industrial Arts Education, B.S.

The most exciting part of my career is watching my students gain confidence in their problem solving abilities. I work with design, so when a person gains confidence in design, windows of opportunity appear. A person can take their design skills to use through career opportunities or use design skills for personal benefit.

The toughest barriers to overcome to arrive at my current position have been balancing the most important aspect of my life, being a single mom, and balancing my own artistic desires. I am a single mom of a child with a severe medical condition. She comes first in my priorities, so I need and want to spend quality time with her. I want to show her lots of love and want to show her by example to follow her dreams. I also love designing and making "things." I have a love of woodworking and construction. So it is a challenge to juggle my responsibilities as a parent, artist, teacher and student of life. Teaching is a career that fits perfectly and I love what I do. I love teaching design.