It’s a Seven-day Work Week for Staffer with Delicious Side Business

• University Week, July 8, 2010

  
  

  It’s a good thing Roz Edison loves her work, because she does it seven days a week. Or to be more accurate, she does two jobs in the course of seven days. Edison works two 10-hour days at the University, where she recruits students for the Construction Management Program in the College of Built Environments. The rest of the time she is the co-owner of a food truck called Marination.

  Of the first job, Edison says, “I love building, I love construction, I love design, I love being in this college. I love working with students who are excited about a major that they initially don’t know much about. I introduce them to something that’s really great.”

  And of the second, “It’s a little fatiguing but it’s quite enthralling to start your own business. We have such incredible customers. They’re pretty energizing. It’s an exciting business to be in.”

  Edison’s dual life began by chance, when she and a group of friends were talking about a famous taco truck in Los Angeles called Kogi. That business sold Korean tacos, and the group noted that no such thing was to be had in Seattle. Soon they were asking each other if a similar business could succeed here. Edison and her business partner, Kamala Saxton, decided to give it a try.

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