Mr. Steelman is a therapist at Hoover High School. He likes his job because he likes to help people.

He worked in the military for 10 years. He started helping people in the military.

“I was in the military for 10 years,” said Mr. Steelman.

While still in the military, he started helping young people. He fell in love with it early on.

“I started to help people when I was in the military,”

After that he went back to school to become a therapist. He says his job requires a lot of patience, empathy, understanding, perseverance, and organization.

“Be willing to drop everything like right now. Take care of the case. Be there for multiple people,” he said.

He wants to help support students and be there for them.

This year at Hoover, Mr. Steelman plans to stay on top of all his work and be the best therapist he can be.