Affiliation: University of Arizona

After the KATC 3 news story aired on television on June 30, 2015 I immediately received phone calls and emails from people wanting to participate in the oral history project. The first call was from Aaron Matthew David. He briefly told me about his experience in the oil and gas industry and voiced his excitement about our project. We agreed to meet at the ULL student union on July 9th.

Aaron Matthew David was born in Lafayette and grew up in New Iberia. He was the first in his family to work offshore. Aaron started in the oil and gas industry in the late 1990s doing wire line work. He also worked in production and in instrumentation controls. After being laid off in 2010, Aaron permanently left the oil and gas industry and started attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is currently in school and majors in pre-law.