Paramedic
Years as a Staff Member/Positions held: 4 summers, Junior Counselor in Camp 4, Senior Charge in Camp 2, Powerboating (Fishing staff and Coastguard driver), Family Camp boat driver
Current Profession and Title/Years in role: Paramedic, 4 years
Can you provide a brief overview of your job responsibilities? I am currently a Paramedic with WakeMed Mobile Critical Care Services where I take high-acuity patients from one destination to another in order to receive a higher level of care. I have also worked for a 911 EMS service for the last 3 years responding to emergency calls in my community.
Do you have any career advice for members of our Camp community? Don’t take the road most traveled, find what makes you happy and do it every day! Doing what fuels your heart and makes you feel fulfilled is more important than money.
What do you believe have been some of your greatest personal and professional accomplishments? Professionally, having three cardiac arrest saves under my belt are some of my greatest achievements. But as far as current goals. I am working towards becoming a certified flight paramedic.
How do the values or skills you learned at Camp show up in your everyday work and/or personal life? Camp taught me confidence and how to be a light for others. In my job I show up on what may be the worst day of someone’s life, and I am the person they look towards to fix it. Being confident in my decisions as well as being able to brighten someone’s day even in the hardest times are both traits that I believe Camp helped me develop.
Is there a person or a situation that had a huge influence on you while you were at Camp? How and why did they/it impact you? Overall, the Camp community has had the biggest influence on me. While I was never a traditional camper, I would go to father/daughter weekends as a little kid and ever since then I couldn’t stay away. I was really nervous my first summer on staff because I went in not knowing anyone, but everyone was so welcoming and made Camp feel like home from the moment I walked into Taylor Lodge. The Camp environment is unlike anywhere else, and I have found some of my happiest memories to be there.
What advice would you give your younger self? Don’t be in such a hurry to get to the next part of life. Slow down, enjoy where you are, and let life take you where you are meant to go.
Favorite Camp meal: Flick-fil-a or silver bowls
Favorite special event at Camp: Fourth of July! I love seeing all the campers dress up and there is nothing like watching the fireworks off the Seagull pier!
Do you have a hidden talent? I did gymnastics for 13 years so I can flip at any time.
What profession other than your own would you like to try? Travel Blogging. I love to travel so being paid to do so would be a dream!
What would you eat if you could only have one food for the rest of your life? Sushi or hot dogs
