Personal Narrative: My Interview With Nancy Morton

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The person I interviewed was my mother, Nancy Morton. Right now she is 54 and was born in Allendale, New Jersey in 1962. The reason I chose to interview her was she was willing to share her experiences with me and was more convenient at the time when I was looking for someone to interview.

After Nancy graduated from her undergraduate school with a degree in mechanical engineering, she applied for several job interviews, and the interview with General Electric, or GE, went particularly well and got the job. She arrived in Cincinnati when she was 21 in June of 1984 after getting hired by GE. One pull factor for moving to Cincinnati was her job at GE, and one push factor was her parents wanted her to get out of the house. Nancy drove to Cincinnati

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