Personal Narrative: A Place For Mom

I want to start off by saying how excited I am to be joining A Place for Mom!! I started my career in health care nine years ago, originally working in nursing. I have worked in a variety of health care settings; Independent/Assisted Living, Memory Care, Long Term Care, Skilled Care, and the Hospital. I always knew I wanted to help people, seniors in particular. As a child I grew up living next door to my grandparents and did everything with them, this is where my love for seniors began. While working in the Hospital I came to the conclusion that nursing was not the way I was going to help people. I began working at an Assisted Living Community in Ames, Iowa as the Sales Director. I quickly learned that, that was how I was going to help people. For three years I got the pleasure of not only helping many families relieve their stress and fears for their loved ones care and safety, but I was also able to ensure their loved ones were able to live out their final years thriving. It was truly the most rewarding job, which brought me to A Place for Mom. At A Place for Mom I won't be limited to helping just the families that
come into my building, I will be able to help families from all over which was the appealing apart to me.

I am a mom to a three year old little boy named, Brayden.
He is a little ball of energy and keeps me on my toes. He is a huge Monster Jam fan! I spend the majority of my free time with him. I have a boyfriend that does over the road trucking, which keeps him away for long periods at a time. When he is home, we enjoy spending time together as a family. As if working and being a mom wasn't enough, I am also a student at DesMoines Area Community College. I am currently in my final semester of completing my Marketing Degree. I am thankful to have such a supportive family to help with my busy life. Besides my son, work, and school I enjoy shooting, golf, and I'm a movie buff. I love to travel, but I haven't had much time for that lately. My favorite adventure was being able to swim with dolphins. I am hoping to get back to traveling in the near
future.

Thank you all for the opportunity to work with you, lets make 2016 the best year yet for the Midwest Region!