Transportation Worker, WV Division of Highways
Tyler Ewaskey spends his days helping to improve West Virginia’s roads. He credits the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services with helping him improve at school and succeed at his job with the West Virginia Division of Highways.
“He loves his job. He’s energetic about it. He shows up and he does what he’s asked,” said Krista Diserio, Hancock County school counselor with the WV DRS.
Ewaskey first connected with Rehabilitation Services when he was a ninth-grader at Weir High School. He has an intellectual disability that affects his reading and math skills.
“Tyler is a very sweet young man,” Diserio said. “He’s able to self-advocate and he is a go-getter. Once he learns something, he puts his heart and soul into it and he does it to the best of his ability.”
The WV DRS provided assistance to Ewaskey by guiding him through work-based learning experiences in high school.
“He worked at a coffee shop in the school which helped him learn how to take orders and perform customer service,” Diserio said. “We also did different camps that talked about resume development, mock interviews and things like that.”
He joined the WV DOH in 2024, where he works as a laborer and in the wintertime drives a non-commercial vehicle to help clear roads. He’s been described as a fast learner who picks up skills through hands-on instruction.
WV DOH Assistant County Administrator Donald Willey praised the young man’s work ethic.
“One of the things that has impressed me the most is that he is one of the first guys here every morning,” Willey said. “Tyler is a good young man. He’s prompt, he’s respectful, he’s a very reliable person. He’s a real good employee.”
Ewaskey said he loves being outdoors and getting to run a big piece of equipment. In his free time, he enjoys riding dirt bikes and spending time with his friends and family.
As for future plans, he says he’s content to stay with the DOH and learn additional job skills.
“I’m trying to get to adulthood and learn a lot more. Everyone helps me a lot,” he said.