A Jackson County native is being recognized as the Alumna of the Year at Northeast Alabama Community College. Karrin Ridley will be honored at this year’s Holiday Gala next month.
Karrin Ridley was at her old job, working with insurance billing at a doctorâs office in South Pittsburg, Tennessee when she received a message from her husband. He sent her a job posting from Google. They needed employees for the new data center they would be opening in Bridgeport. It was the perfect opportunity.
âThe more I heard about [the data center being built here] and began to see that it was true, the more I hoped and dreamed of one day working here,â said Ridley. âI had pretty much come to the conclusion that if I wanted to work in tech, I would have to commute a couple of hours to and from work each day. That wasnât ideal for me since I still had kids in school at the time.â