Yfat Yossifor/Standard-Times Megan Beecher, a San Angelo mail carrier, was chosen to be part of a TV advertising campaign for the United States Postal Service.

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By Ngan Ho of the San Angelo Standard-Times

When the United States Postal Service called on its employees to audition for a national TV ad, a tenacious letter carrier from San Angelo delivered.

Megan Beecher, 28, who has worked for the San Angelo post office for almost two years, was chosen to appear in two commercials for the USPS.

Beecher said she decided to apply on a whim with no expectations in late February 2015, with the support of her coworkers.

Character may have been why they choose her, Beecher said. "I'm young and I like to have a lot of fun with what I do."

As part of the application process, Beecher said she submitted a video introducing herself and explaining what it means to be a letter carrier for USPS. Beecher said she had no plan of action, no script and used a cheap camera to present who she is.

"I take my job very seriously. I don't stay stagnant. I like to be moving, going. I'm very fast paced, and I love the people," Beecher said. "I think that they saw that, and they wanted that energy."

A year later, also in late February, she was selected to take part in USPS's latest national advertising campaign, Beecher said. She is one of about 15 postal employees chosen to participate. One commercial will begin airing in late March, the other in July.

The San Angelo postmaster notified her she was chosen, and three days later Beecher flew to Los Angeles. She spent five days filming, saw the sights in West Hollywood and toured Santa Monica Boulevard. She said she didn't know much of what was going to happen, but when the opportunity came she rolled with it.

"When I got to L.A., I was in shock," she said. "Walking in Hollywood and being in Texas the day before it was a little different, but I loved it."

Beecher said she received the star treatment when she landed in L.A. Someone was waiting for her at LAX, holding a sign with her name on it and waiting to drive her to the hotel.

"It was very different for me being in California because I have never been to California," she said. "That was a huge accomplishment for me personally, because I've lived here my whole life. I'm a San Angelo girl,"

Beecher said she met other participants selected from across the country who had different backgrounds and experiences. Some have been working for the USPS for 20 years, while others had just started their career with USPS. Many were also from small-town America, but San Angelo was one of the smallest.

"We were all from different cultures. Some people spoke Spanish," Beecher said. "And that was really important for me. I like that. You got to learn everything."

Beecher said many of the participants knew she was from Texas from the get-go and asked her about the oil fields and Southern culture. She said with a giggle that her Texas accent was probably a dead giveaway of where she was from.

"I had a blast," Beecher said. "I loved doing it and I would definitely do it again."

Beecher said she plans to build her career in San Angelo.

"I saw some mail carriers in L.A. when I was there. They looked very frantic. It was very busy," Beecher said. "I'm a hometown kind of girl. I hope to progress my career in the post office and move (up), absolutely. I still have a lot to learn."