User:Msfierro

My name is Michael Steven Fierro.

I am a Family Search Wiki Missionary. I am a retired police officer and my wife and I live in Kaysville, Utah. I was an investigator for more than half of my 30 years in law enforcement. Perhaps it was my background as an investigator that drew me to family history research, which is now my passion. I am a convert to the church and was the first member of my family to become a member of the Church. My younger brother was the only other member of my family to join. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and both of my parents were 1st generation Americans, coming from Mexican families. I was baptized when I was a senior in high school and I served a mission in the Texas South (Spanish) Mission less than a year later. When I returned home, I moved to Utah, got married, and attended the University of Utah. I started with the Salt Lake City Police Department in 1975, where I worked for over 15 years. I later worked with the South Salt Lake Police Department and ultimately with the Park City Police Department. I have investigated burglaries, robberies, assaults, frauds, homicides, and was also very involved with gang interdiction. I have had extensive training in criminal interrogation.

I love serving in the Church and have been blessed with the opportunity to serve in many capacities. I love teaching and have taught Gospel Doctrine on several occasions, as well as teaching classes for youth. We lived in Miami for 8 years and for 7 years I was an early morning seminary teacher, perhaps one of my most rewarding callings. During that time I also served as a Counselor to 3 Bishops, High Priest Group Leader, member of the High Council, and Stake Executive Secretary. We later returned to Utah, when I began my job with Park City, and there I was a member of the High Council and also was called to serve as the Branch President of the small Spanish Branch. After I retired, we lived in Holladay, Utah briefly and then purchased our home in Kaysville. Both my wife and I served for 5 years as Ordinance workers in the Salt Lake Temple and again for 3 years in the Bountiful Temple, where we still serve. Off and on, I have previously served 3 service missions. The first; my wife and I served together at the FamilyTree Center in Park City. I later served for a year at the Family History Center in Salt Lake and then I served for another year as a FamilySearch Missionary, working from home. I was planning to do the same thing again, but then this opportunity working with FamilySearch Wiki came up. I saw this as a great opportunity to learn something that I knew very little about and I am excited to become more familiar with the Wiki.

My wife and I have a combined family of 8 children. She had 3 girls and a boy and I had 3 boys and a girl. (And they are all very close in age!) It has been a wonderful and rewarding adventure! We are now "empty nesters" but we do have 14 grandchildren which are our delight.