Tatiana Finley

My name is Tatiana Finley.

I am the American Federation of Government Employees Local 556 Fair Practice Coordinator that represents transportation security officers from Central Florida all the way to the Panhandle.

Wow.

I am also a TSA officer.

I'm almost at 22 years.

Correct.

I remember when 9-11 happened.

I used to work at the airport in one of the food joints.

And I was supposed to report to work on the day that 9-11 happened.

Of course, we got there, we got turned away.

I was just, I had just turned 17 when 9-11 happened.

And I was like, well, what's another way of serving my country without actually joining the military?

And this was my answer.

So I ended up growing up there and a lot of the people that, you know, were part of my class ended up shaping sort of, you know, who I am today.

You know, I'm really proud of my job and I was in the whole, you know, this is a stable job, it's a federal job, not everybody can have a federal job, this is just a stepping stone.

And so here we are still, almost 22 years later.

Yes.

It was 2013.

I didn't because it was very short-lived.

But, you know, things have changed since then.