Katherine Olvera Transit Systems Transit Driver

First Job: My sister and I worked for a laundry service when we were teenagers.


Birthplace: Blytheville, Arkansas, but was raised in Campbell, Missouri


Years at EOC: 3 years and 9 months


Best advice ever received: “Drive safely when driving clients to their center.”

Favorite advice I give: I tell my granddaughter to stay in school and skip boyfriends for now.


Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Denny’s biscuits and gravy

Proudest moment: winning driver award at EOC


Greatest personal accomplishment: receiving Driver Achievement Award


Best vacation I’ve taken/dream vacation: going to Disneyland with my children


Favorite weekend activity: spending time in my garden growing tomatoes


Last good movie I saw: I Am Legend


Scariest experience: waking up Saturday morning thinking it was Friday and I was late for work

If I had a million dollars I would … help my children and try to start an animal rescue center.


Favorite place to shop: Wal-Mart and The Dollar Store


Favorite childhood memory: watching Frankenstein with sister and making snowballs to eat with them


Words that describe me best: quiet, shy but works hard


I like to watch: NCIS


In my spare time … I do jigsaw puzzles


If I’ve learned one thing in life, it is … life is too short; don’t take things for granted.