Brian Hansen’s Interview
Brian Hansen was born in Torrance, California on December 14, 1975. His father divorced his mother when Brian was just 4 years old. His father took custody of him and his 1 year old brother. He has dealt with different step mothers, but then finally his father remarried and stayed with what he says is his real mother.
He started working at the age of 16 in a variety of places. After his incident he got a job in the car sales industry. He did not have a college degree, yet he was earning $65,000-80,000. After 7 years working in car sales, he decided to join the Navy. His fist few years he worked in the Weapons Ordinance field, aboard the Aircraft Carrier CVN 73 George Washington, building and loading bombs on fighter jets. However, he then changed jobs rating to become a Seabee Construction Builder, which was for seven years. For the past seven years he has been working part time in the Port Huneme Base as a Combat Trainer for the 31st SRG command.
His passion is playing golf, but he also enjoys mountain biking, playing poker, getting massages, going to eat, and doing homework. I find that very rare that he likes doing homework since most of the people that I know dislike it. He is motivated to attend Oxnard College, so he can be the first person in his family to earn a college degree. He is currently taking four night time classes which makes him a full time student with 13 units. He is so close from earning his A.A. degree in Business Management. I believe he can be a successful business man since I see he likes to interact with people. Phil Mickelson is Brian’s mentor. I asked him “why” and he said, “He exerts class and humbleness. He is a standup guy and plays my favorite sport of golf with no fear”. Brian says he considers himself a mentor too because he has been told, “You make me want to do better”. Those are powerful words, and I believe they are true too since Brian has been through so much and still managed to do stay strong.
The three words that he described himself as were loyal, friendly, and respectful. I sure see his friendly side in class! His mottos for succeeding in school are “”Never give up”, “It’s almost over”, and “One day at a time”. The fact that teachers are willing to help him out with school when needed, make Brian like Oxnard College. His biggest surprise about his college experience is that he has maintained a 3.5 GPA even after his recent divorce. Luckily for him he did not have any kids which he says he does not want any anyway. Brian seems like an outgoing and fun person that wants to live life to the fullest.
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