Author: JBrown@welia.org

Position: Pharmacy Student

Start Date: 1/9/17

Birthday: 1/21

Background/Educations: BS in microbial biology from University of California, Berkeley. Fourth year pharmacy student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Meeting new people and great learning opportunities

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Singing in the Rain

What is your favorite color? Green

Do you have a nickname? Sofa

What are your hobbies?: Reading, taking long walks, and trying new restaurants.

Position: PT Student

Start Date: 1/9/17

Birthday: 1/28

Background/Educations: Concordia University - DPT. St. Cloud State University - Kinesiology

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Community involvement and working at FirstLight for 12 weeks instead of my previous internships which were 8 weeks long.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Inside-Out 2. American Hustle

What is your favorite color? Teal

Do you have a nickname? Lo

What are your hobbies?: Snowboarding, adventuring with my dog Nigel, and watching the MN Wild.

Position: OT Student

Start Date: 1/9/17

Birthday: 12/22

Background/Educations: Grew up in Mora, MN. Went to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to get my bachelors in psychology and am currently working on my Masters in Occupational Therapy there as well.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I was able to have a summer internship here at FirstLight years ago so I am excited to continue to learn from some of the health professionals I met then.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Clueless 2. Harry Potter Series 3. V for Vendetta

What is your favorite color? Blue

Do you have a nickname? Sam

What are your hobbies?: Running, reading, spending time with friends and family, and watching Netflix.

Position: PT Student

Start Date: 1/9/17

Birthday: 4/24

Background/Educations: University of Jamestown DPT. Minnesota State University - Moorhead

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learning from my clinic instructor, practicing/improving my clinical skills, getting to see a wide variety of patients and conditions.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. NCIS 2. Bull 3. New Girl

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Exercise, golf, basketball, reading, football, and spending time with friends.

Position: Lab Student

Start Date: 1/9/17

Birthday: 12/12

Background/Educations: Graduated from Barnum Secondary. Will be graduating from Lake Superior College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learning laboratory procedures in a small hospital environment.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Nightmare before Christmas 2. The Lord of the Rings Series 3. Harry Potter Series

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: I love to read and hunt.

Position: PT Student

Start Date: 1/3/17

Birthday: 8/30

Background/Educations: BS in exercise sport science from St. Catherine University progressing towards a doctor of physical therapy degree at the College of St. Scholastica.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? The variety of patients and diagnosis

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Tommy Boy 2. Without a Paddle 3. Friday Night Lights

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: Running, exploring outdoors, and exercise

Position: ED Support Staff

Start Date: 12/19/16

Birthday: 11/11

Background/Educations: Served 5 years in United States Navy. Worked in law enforcement for about 7 years (correction/patrol). B.A. in criminal justice (SCSU). A.A. in Justice Admin (Hawaii Pacific Univ). Currently enrolled in a B.S.N. program with Anoka Ramsey and Metro State.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Helping people and learning as much as I can from peers and co-workers.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Braveheart 2. Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Star Wars

What is your favorite color? Green

Do you have a nickname? Jake

What are your hobbies?: Hunting, fishing the great lakes, and watching all 3 of my girls play hockey.

Position: Pharmacy Student

Start Date: 12/19/16

Birthday: 11/14

Background/Educations: Graduated Milaca High School in 2009, and then from University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2013 with a B.S. in Chemistry. Currently finishing my last semester of pharmacy school at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I did a rotation here in summer of 2015 so I'm excited to come back and help patients now that I'm a little more experienced with classwork and rotations!

What are your three favorite movies? 1. American Hustle 2. The Dark Knight/Rises 3. The Big Short

What is your favorite color? Lime Green

What are your hobbies?: I enjoy golfing, working out, watching or playing most sports, reading, and spending time with friends. I also enjoy touring and trying local craft breweries.

Position: CMA

Start Date: 12/12/16

Birthday: 1/31

Background/Educations: I grew up in Mora, graduated in 2009 from Mora High School. After high school I attended Pine Technical and Community College in Pine City. I graduated in 2015 with an associated in applied science degree. I have been working as a CMA for 1 year now.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Working in the community that I grew up in and at a clinic that my family has been going to for years.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Nightmare before Christmas 2. Alice in Wonderland 3. The Notebook

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Spending time with my 2 children, my son does BMX racing in Isanti which I love to watch him do. I also like watching my daughter practice riding her strider bike at the track also.