Category: NEW FACES

Position: E.S. Tech

Start Date: 3/11/19

Birthday: 12/16

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? To work with great people and interacting with adults.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Shooter 2. Death Race 3. Just go with it

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Tractor pulls, drag racing, and farming.

Position: Radiologic Technologist

Start Date: 3/1/19

Birthday: 5/1

Background/Educations: Associates Degree in radiologic science.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? New experiences and helping people.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Grey's Anatomy 2. New Andsterdam 3. Dumb and Dumber

What is your favorite color? Black

What are your hobbies?: Horseback riding, pretty much anything outdoors, and spending time with family.

Position: Rehab Services Support

Start Date: 2/25/19

Birthday: 8/4

Background/Educations: High School diploma and currently doing online through Bemidji State University.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am most excited to be in a hospital setting where I will be able to learn how things work and meet new people.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Any of the marvel movies 2. Divergent 3. Pitch Perfect Series

What is your favorite color? Turquoise

What are your hobbies?: I love art, painting, and anything crafty.

Position: Rehab Services Support

Start Date: 2/25/19

Birthday: 11/8

Background/Educations: 2009 Hinckley/Finlayson High School. Some college at Pine Tech.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Joining FirstLight family and meeting new faces.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Matilda 2. Monsters Inc. 3. Toy Story

What is your favorite color? Blue

Do you have a nickname? Debbie

What are your hobbies?: Cooking, baking, crafts, and playing with daughter, family.

Position: ED Support Staff

Start Date: 2/25/19

Birthday: 10/15

Background/Educations: Background in the DOC as well as chemical dependency.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? To work hands on with a great team and to grow with in my position and as an individual.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Other Women 2. Stepmom 3. I am Sam

What is your favorite color? Red

Do you have a nickname? Jess

What are your hobbies?: I love traveling over the road with my significant other and spending time with my 2 year old son.

Position: Clinic LPN

Start Date: 2/11/19

Birthday: 11/20

Background/Educations: Worked as a CNA for 2 years. Just graduated from a practical nursing program and obtained my license to practice. I am currently in school at Pine Technical Community College and am finishing my prerequisites for the associate's degree program so I can begin that program in the fall.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am very excited to help people and begin my career as a nurse. When I did my clinical rotations at FirstLight. I loved the energy that the workers had and the relationship between co-workers. I am excited for a workplace I love to go to everyday, while helping people and feeling good about the work I do everyday.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Notebook 2. Miracles from Heaven 3. The Fault in our Stars

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: Spending time with my daughter playing, parks, museums, swimming, hiking, bowling, fishing, and just spending time with my family.

Position: Reception/Registration Associate

Start Date: 2/11/19

Birthday: 6/4

Background/Educations: For over 13 years, I have been employed with Allina Health. For the past 3 years, I have worked at home for Allina Health as a patient access specialist on the scheduling team for Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Prior to that, I worked for 10 years as a patient registration specialist in the emergency department at Cambridge Medical Center. I live in Cambridge with my husband Phil and our two boys, Jared (18) and Seth (15).

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I love the hometown feel of FirstLight. Employees seem eager to come to work, management seems to appreciate employee feedback, and people seem to know each other and genuinely care about each other.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Finding Nemo 2. Marvel movies 3. Jurassic Park

What is your favorite color? Black

What are your hobbies?: Camping, gardening, jewelry making, and I am a huge animal lover!

Position: Surgical Technologist

Start Date: 2/11/19

Birthday: 7/28

Background/Educations: SCTCC

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Being home

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Notebook 2. Any Disney 3. Christmas Vacation

What is your favorite color? Teal

Do you have a nickname? Becky

What are your hobbies?: Shopping and crafting, cabin time with family

Position: E.S. Tech

Start Date: 2/11/19

Birthday: 7/28

Background/Educations: I graduated from Mora High School in 2018. I am now attending college at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Cambridge.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am most excited to work at FirstLight because I've had wonderful care there in the past, and I want to make it a wonderful experience for everyone else that comes here too! I love meeting new people, and I'm excited to help people feel welcome.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Footlloose 2. Fireproof 3. Courageous

What is your favorite color? Purple

Do you have a nickname? Tor-Tor

What are your hobbies?: Horseback riding, spending time with family and friends, going fishing, and riding 4-wheelers.

Position: Lab Technician

Start Date: 2/1/19

Birthday: 1/24

Background/Educations: North Hennepin Community College MLT

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Helping people

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Titanic 2. Interstellar

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: Gardening