Support employee of the year finalist: JerryAnn Craft

Position: Technology teacher assistant, lab manager at Prine Elementary School, 3 years

Years in district: 35 years

Previous positions: teacher aide, ESOL aide, tech assistant, lab manager

Age: 56

Hometown: born in New York, moved to Bradenton at age 12

Education: Southeast High School, 1977

Family: fiance Sherman Ballard; 35-year-old daughter Michelle Hernandez, 28-year-old son Michael Craft

This story was originally published February 12, 2016 at 2:24 PM with the headline "Support employee of the year finalist: JerryAnn Craft ."