Category: NEW FACES

Position: Clinic LPN

Start Date: 3/26/18

Birthday: 11/19

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? New learning opportunities

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Grey's Anatomy 2. The Resident 3. Rescue 911

What is your favorite color? Pink

What are your hobbies?: 4-wheeling, fishing, and snowmobiling.

Position: Occupational Therapist

Start Date: 3/26/18

Birthday: 11/15

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to meet the patients, the other employees and staff of FirstLight Health, and be a part of a wonderful, new community.

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Fishing, and spending time with my fiancee and lab Kimber.

Position: Patient Service Specialist

Start Date: 3/26/18

Birthday: 5/26

Background/Educations: University of Minnesota - Duluth. St. Scholastica and St. Paul College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Being able to work with a great group of people.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Pitch Perfect 1, 2 and 3 2. John Wick 3. Office Space

What is your favorite color? Blue

Do you have a nickname? Ash

What are your hobbies?: Reading, going to our cabin, and spending time with family.

Position: PTA Student

Start Date: 3/12

Birthday: 10/22

Background/Educations: I was born in Belarus Europe and moved to U.S. 4 years ago. I am attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to work at FirstLight Health System to gain a precious experience in physical therapy.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Facing Giants 2. God's not Dead 3. Russian movie

What is your favorite color? Blue

Do you have a nickname? Max

What are your hobbies?: Hiking, traveling (seeing new nice places).

Position: Dietary Student

Start Date: 3/12/18

Birthday: 9/19

Background/Educations: Currently completing my dietetic internship through Priority Nutrition Care, which is based in Boston, MA.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learing all about what the registered dietitian does in the clinical setting, and putting my MNT knowledge and skills to use.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Pitch Perfect 2. Pirates of the Caribbean 3. The Proposal

What is your favorite color? Green

Do you have a nickname? Em

What are your hobbies?: I enjoy spending my time with my family, boyfriend, and friends doing various activities outdoors. I love to spend time at the lake swimming, fishing, and relaxing. I also love to exercise, mostly run, and just be active in general. Summer is definitely my favorite time of year, but throughout the fall and winter I keep busy with hunting, ice fishing, and snow shoeing as well.

Position: Nursing Assistant

Start Date: 3/12/18

Birthday: 1/5

Background/Educations: GED, CNA certification

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? The team work I have observed

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Goonies 2. Labyrinth 3. Under the Tuscan Sun

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Photography, gardening, hiking, and rock finding.

Position: Anesthesia Student

Start Date: 3/5/18

Birthday: 5/7

Background/Educations: Currently attending Minneapolis School of Anesthesia for nurse anesthesia. Before school worked as an RN in the NICU at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of MN in Minneapolis, MN for 3 years and in the PICU at Gillette Specialty Healthcare for 1 year. Nursing school - St. Olaf College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learning about and doing spinals, epidurals, nerve blocks, and administering safe anesthesia care with independent nurse anesthetists.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Jurassic Park 2. Moulin Rouge 3. Bridesmaids

What is your favorite color? Green

What are your hobbies?: When not studying, I like to work out, run, binge watch netflix, and visit the many breweries and restaurants in Minneapolis.

Position: Imaging Assistant

Start Date: 2/26/18

Birthday: 11/27

Background/Educations: I graduated from Mora High School, and I am currently attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Meeting new people and learning more about the job I am going to college for.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Old Yeller 2. The Blind Side 3. Straight out of Compton

What is your favorite color? Orange

What are your hobbies?: Playing sports or watching them, fishing and hunting, being outside, and playing video games.

Position: RN

Start Date: 2/26/18

Birthday: 4/16

Background/Educations: I have worked as a medical assistant since 2010 until I recently graduated from ARCC - Cambridge in December as an RN. I plan to get my BSN through St. Scholastica.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to be part of the FirstLight Health System because it will give me the opportunity to help others, while also providing me a warm, friendly work environment.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. My Girl 2. Super Troopers 3. Frozen

What is your favorite color? Purple

Do you have a nickname? Nat

What are your hobbies?: Being a mom of two children (son Levi age 3.5 and daughter Avery almost 2). I love fishing, horse back riding, playing hockey, and pretty much anything outdoors.

Position: Lab Student

Start Date: 2/12

Birthday: 4/29

Background/Educations: I live in Princeton with my husband and 3 kids. I've been working with Fairview for 15 years as a phlebotomist in the lab. I decided to go back to school for my 2 year degree for Lab Tech. I am enrolled in the program at North Hennepin C.C.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Microbiology was a very interesting topic in school and I am excited for my micro rotation here at FirstLight.

What are your three favorite movies? I like a lot of movies except sci-fi and scary movies.

What is your favorite color? Greenish-blue

What are your hobbies?: I love to go camping with my family and also sell Monat hair products.