Category: NEW FACES

Position: Paramedic

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 10/23

Background/Educations: Paramedic for 8 1/2 years. Went to high school in Cambridge and College at St. Cloud Technical

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? New environment. Working with new people and getting to know them.

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: I love to hang out with my family at our cabin. I love hunting and fishing and spending time outside. I make homemade signs out of pallets.

Position: Clinic LPN

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 4/15

Background/Educations: AAS Medical Assisting and AAS Nursing

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Get to work

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Fools Rush In 2. Maid in Manhattan 3. Cinderella

What is your favorite color? Pink

What are your hobbies?: Skiing, dancing, reading, site seeing, and vacations (travel).

Position: Hospital Registration

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 9/26

Background/Educations: Born in Florida. Graduated in Mora. Worked as a CNA/TMA for 3 years. Graduated last year 2015 as a CMA, Certified January 14, 2016. Currently going to Rasmussen in St. Cloud to be a Medical Lab Tech.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? It is close to home and the friendly upbeat atmosphere

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Big Fish 2. The Holiday

What is your favorite color? Dark Purple

Do you have a nickname? Sav

What are your hobbies?: Reading, bicycling, gardening, and cross stitching

Position: Hospital Registration

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 2/12

Background/Educations: AAS degree in coding

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? To be able to grow

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Never Back Down 2. Little Rascals 3. Save the Last Dance

What is your favorite color? Pink and Blue

Do you have a nickname? Timmer, Timmy

What are your hobbies?: Scrapbooking, riding horse, camping, spending time with family and friends, bringing my daughter to shows with her pony.

Position: Clinic LPN

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 3/15

Background/Educations: Graduated from Blaine High School in 1998. Graduated from LPN program at Pine Technical College in May 2015. Currently attending Pine Technical College to complete generals for RN program.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to learn a new position and continue to grow in my nursing career and gain more experience.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Notebook 2. Sweet Home Alabama 3. Cinderella

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Reading, spending time with my kids, and traveling.

Position: Lab Technologist

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 2/13

Background/Educations: I'm a recent graduate of a hybrid University of Minnesota and St. Cloud State University Medical Laboratory Sciences program. I've been working and studying within the medical field for over five years.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I'm most excited about reuniting with those employees that I met while on my clinical rotations.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Bridesmaids 2. The Nightmare before Christmas 3. The Imitation Game

What is your favorite color? Blue

What are your hobbies?: Knitting, reading, mountain biking, and photography

Position: Medical Claims Specialist

Start Date: 11/14/16

Birthday: 7/20

Background/Educations: Graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1992. I did not attend college until 2004 when I became a certified massage therapist graduating from Sister Rosalind School and Clinics of Massage in Fargo, ND.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to join an on site team in medical billing. I worked for the past 5 years and 10 months at an outsourcing medical billing company. Looking forward to learning new things everyday.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Harry Potter 2. Hobbit/Lord of the Rings 3. Jaws

What is your favorite color? Pink

Do you have a nickname? Jen

What are your hobbies?: I love to read! Barry and myself enjoy fishing and hunting together along with my 3 children. Also enjoy outdoor activity such as camping and 4-wheeling and gardening. We spend a vast majoriity of our time outdoors.

Position: PTA Student

Start Date: 11/10/16

Birthday: 6/9

Background/Educations: I earned my Associate of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts from Anoka Ramsey Community College. From there I transferred to St. Catherine University in St. Paul where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Currently I am in the physical therapist assistant program at Anoka Ramsey Community College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am excited to meet new people and gain valuable experience.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Remember the Titans 2. The Lorax 3. The Notebook

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: I enjoy playing and coaching volleyball, reading books, baking, knitting, and going to the gym.

Position: HIM Student

Start Date: 11/7/16

Birthday: 8/22

Background/Educations: I served in the Air Force for 10 years. I have been a paramedic for 16 years and worked in St. Cloud Hospital ER for 8 years. I am a senior at St. Scholastica in the Health Information Management class.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am completing an internship in HIM and look forward to a new career and a new chapter in my life.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Stripes 2. Caddy Shack 3. Shawshank Redemption

What is your favorite color? Purple

Do you have a nickname? Big Al

What are your hobbies?: Camping, welding, working on cars, and spending time with my family.

Position: PT Student

Start Date: 10/31/16

Birthday: 8/18

Background/Educations: Currently I am in my second year at the University of Jamestown PT school in Fargo, ND. I did my undergrad at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. I grew up in Coon Rapids, MN.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Meeting and working with everyone here. Learning as much as I can.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Miracle 2. Shawshank Redemption 3. The Hangover

What is your favorite color? Orange

Do you have a nickname? Jen

What are your hobbies?: Playing soccer, fishing, watching hockey Go Bulldogs and Wild! Watching football Go Vikings!