I Am CDC - Joe Smith

About

I’ve been at CDC for eight years but I didn’t get here the traditional way. I didn’t get a microscope for Christmas and dramatically dedicate my life to science… or see the movie Outbreak and become inspired to seek a career fighting diseases. I served in the U.S. Army for eight years. And after that, I helped found a start-up communications agency. But I never had the same level of satisfaction as I had when serving my country. So I decided to go federal. And what better place to “Go Fed” than at the greatest federal agency in America… the CDC. By serving as a Health Communications Specialist in the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, I promote activities around a host of topics vital to American public health, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder. And I’m pretty sure I have the best job here. But if I weren’t at CDC, I’m sure I’d ¬ be an astronaut or a professional baseball player or a model or... Ok. Those didn’t really work out, but I love being a press officer. Why? Well, mostly because of her. That’s my sister, Rebecca, and she had a number of birth defects but she was a firecracker and a true inspiration to anyone who knew her. Knowing I’m a small part of promoting the research behind preventing birth defects and helping those with disabilities live their best lives, well, that’s a pretty good reason to come to work. Besides… I am too old to be an astronaut. I’m Joey Smith and I AM CDC!

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