G.E.D. Motivator

Education:
WireMouth Community Initiative is the vision of its Executive Director Mr. Hawthorne. Mr. Hawthorne received his General Educational Development Diploma (G.E.D.) and attended classes at Calhoun Community College. He then went on to complete his Electrical Engineering Degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and received his Master’ Degree in Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In his words, “I am a living testament of what opportunities getting your G.E.D can do for someone motivated for change, and if you are in the G.E.D program, you ARE motivated."

Work:
Mr. Hawthorne has worked at some of the most valuable companies in the world. He worked as an engineering intern at ADTRAN, a Systems Engineer at Boeing, and at Raytheon he has worked on technologically advanced weapon systems. At the time of his work with Raytheon Mr. Hawthorne was recruited by the United States Government as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the field of Engineering. In his words,
“Getting my G.E.D. has made all the difference in my life.” He adds, “Before earning a G.E.D my income was almost always less than the poverty guidelines, family included. Then, with G.E.D. in hand and some college to complement that diploma, my income climbed to 10s of thousands of dollars more, within a blink of an eye.” Mr. Hawthorne goes on to say that college has been a large part of his financial earnings potential; however, and second only to GOD, he says that , "Earning my G.E.D. has been the gateway to everything I have done to increase my standard of living."