Joy Wood

I currently work two jobs. My primary role is as a gun crime technician, also called a correlation technician or ballistics technician, working with the ATF law enforcement agency, where I've been for over 4 years. In this position, I handle gun crime evidence cases all over the state, recognizing patterns in different cases to help solve crimes. It's a very important job because each case is somebody's life, and we are protecting our community with each case that we take care of. My work involves dealing with crime evidence that is often confidential in nature. I also work as an accounts payable specialist, where I handle accounts payable, payroll, and other accounting functions. I have my bachelor's degree in criminal justice, which I completed in 2026. I have a passion for both accounting and numbers as well as the crime evidence field, so I'm looking to move into fraud examining in the next 5 years, where I can be on the legal side while also investigating companies based on audits, making sure companies are doing what's right for everybody. I want to deal with fraud investigations, combining my interests in both fields.