"My mother used to be a runner and jogged with a group at Fresno State," she said. "One of the people in the group just happened to be a police officer at the Fresno State Police Department and became a long-time friend of my mother’s. Right before I started school here, my mother’s friend suggested I apply at the Police Department as a student assistant. I just figured it would be good way to earn money while I went to school, so I did."

While working as a student assistant, she met friends who were criminology majors and decided to take a few criminology classes with them.

"I loved the classes, and despite the fact that I love animals, I was never great at math or physical sciences, so it seemed a better choice for me to change my major to criminology," she said. "When I was a year away from graduating, I ran out of money for tuition — but as fate had it, a dispatch position opened up and I was encouraged to apply for it."

In 1995, she became a full–time dispatcher and in 1996 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and a Victimology Certificate.

"During my employment as a dispatcher, I was encouraged by some of the police officers to apply to the police academy," she said. "I put myself through the Fresno City College Police Academy while dispatching here on the night shift, and once again, as fate would have it, a police officer position opened up here. So I applied for it, and on November 19, 1999, I graduated from the police academy wearing the Fresno State Police Department uniform and badge."

In 2005, she tested for and was promoted to sergeant. She was a sergeant for nine years before being promoted to lieutenant in 2014.

As the Administrative Lieutenant, she is currently responsible for publishing the campus' Annual Security Report (CLERY), updating and publishing the policy manual, and publishing the Annual Campus Safety Plan. She is also responsible for sending accurate monthly Uniform Crime Report statistics to the California Department of Justice (DOJ). In addition, she oversees completion of several security audits to the DOJ. Most recently, she handles oversight and contribution to the department's goal of becoming an accredited police department through the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

Curwick is on the Behavior Intervention Team (BIT) and has taught the RAD self-defense class for women for over twelve years.

The thing Curwick likes most about her position is the people she works with.

"I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else with any other people," she said.

"I continue to learn from all of them, and together we are all responsible for the accomplishments and success of this Department and University as a whole," she added. "I consider all of you my family and the reason that I call Fresno State my home."

When not working, Curwick enjoys spending time with loved ones. She and her partner have been together for 16 years.

"When we aren’t working, we love to vacation to new places, golf, camp, go wine tasting, spend time with family, and swim with our only child — a Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Stella," she said.