Life in the Bayou Region follows a familiar rhythm: Boats move through ports, helicopters fly workers to offshore oil and gas facilities, and local families and businesses keep the pace.

For many people who live in southern Louisiana, the connection to energy goes back multiple generations. One of those people is Casey Voisin, an operations team lead for Chevron with more than 20 years at the company.

What Casey does: Leads a team that oversees the safe retirement of offshore assets.

Why Casey's work matters: Responsible asset retirement helps protect Gulf habitats.

"My family's been here for decades," says Casey. "I've seen what it means when people do the work the right way-for the people who depend on it and for the next generation…. It matters to me that what we do helps keep this place strong."