From Military to Math Teacher to Voiceover Artist: The Journey of Andy Field

From Military to Math Teacher to Voiceover Artist

Talk about someone who has passion, dedication, and hustle! Andy has been in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve, he has been a teacher, and now a voiceover artist! He describes himself as a:

“Warrior. Scholar. Pedagogue. Nerd. No ordinary voice actor, I’m a senior military officer and a master educator with decades of diverse experience, both in the classroom and around the world.“

Andy’s Background

Andy grew up in a family of teachers so naturally, he thought he wanted to be a teacher. He got his bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and his Master’s degree in Curriculum Design. Andy has also been active in the Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve for the past 29 years.

Andy has quite a bit of experience as a teacher in the public school system as well including being a STEM teacher teaching students about robots, 3d printers, and flying drones. Andy has also taught ROTC and science to college freshmen for 6 years as a government contractor. At one point, Andy took a teaching position in the school of education at a college also. He and his wife even opened a tutoring company in Oxford, Mississippi.

While still teaching, Andy plugged into the community of voice over actors. He was a teacher, a voice actor, and in the army reserve which was a lot. After realizing that teaching would not provide him with the pay he sought or retirement in the timing that he would like, he knew he had to make a change.

As of May 2017, Andy quit teaching to focus on doing voiceover work full-time rather than part-time. Andy is living in Mississippi, teaching a voiceover class and recording a lot of voiceovers professionally, finding a lot of work in the elearning industry.

A Regular Day for Andy

On any normal day, Andy finds he gets up, gets his coffee, figures out and plans out the recording jobs he needs to narrate that day, usually elearning pieces and maybe an audiobook or magazine. He may spend time conducting auditions for new work, and spends time networking on social media. He enjoys being able to go solo to lunch and work when he needs to. Occasionally he will have live client meetings.

Advice for Teachers

It takes a lot of hustle to get out of the classroom. Your hustle will get you somewhere. You don’t have to hustle as a teacher like you do after you leave the classroom to make it. You never know which hustle can replace your teacher salary one day. Teachers have been trained to believe they have no other marketable skills. You may not know what your skill sets are. Spend time to develop them.

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