Category: NEW FACES

Position: Pharmacy Assistant - Pine City

Start Date: 20151123

Birthday: 20150617

Background/Educations: Centennial High School - Circle Pines, MN
Minneapolis Business College - Roseville, MN (Medical Assistant certification)

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I'm excited to return to the medical field and connect with patients again. I love the interactions I have with them.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Notebook 2. The Christmas Story 3. Fun with Dick and Jane

What is your favorite color? Purple

What are your hobbies?: My favorite hobby is spending time with my kids and family exploring places. I also love to garden and scrapbook.

Position: HUC Student

Start Date: 20151123

Birthday: 20150929

Background/Educations: Attended Cambridge Isanti High School
Have taken classes at ARCC, SCSU, HTC
I am currently in the health unit coordinator program at Hennepin Tech.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Smaller hospital, close to my home. I'm scited to work/intern in a hospital setting.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Fast and Furious movies 2. The Heat 3. 27 Dresses

What is your favorite color? Mint Green

What are your hobbies?: Volleyball, fishing, spending time with family and friends, crafting, and camping.

Position: Physical Therapy Student

Start Date: 20151112

Birthday: 20150620

Background/Educations: UW-River Falls - Bachelor's Degree in biomedical science
Anoka Ramsey-Coon Rapids - PTA Program (current)

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Hands on patient care - getting to know and help patients.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Grinch 2. Elf 3. A Christmas Story

What is your favorite color? Pink

Do you have a nickname? No

What are your hobbies?: Running, horseback riding, traveling, being outside

Position: Dietary Aide

Start Date: 20151109

Birthday: 20150219

Background/Educations: Milaca High School
Worked in the health care field for over 29 years.
Long term care CNA, assisted living CNA, adult PCA, homecare, hospital CNA, and homekeeping at Milaca clinic.
Preschool, daycare, newborn, and school age aide.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Getting back into the health field in a hospital setting. Not every day is the same. Working up into different departments in the years to come. Learning more.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. A Long Kiss Goodbye 2. True Lies 3. Fool's Gold

What is your favorite color? Purple

Do you have a nickname? Yes, not going to share. It was a high school nickname

What are your hobbies?: Cooking, reading, vacationing with my family and friends to Mazatan Mexico at Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay Resort and Spa, bingo, eating out with friends and family on holidays and birthdays, trying new things on the menu.

Position: RN

Start Date: 20151109

Birthday: 20150507

Background/Educations: St. Cloud Technical College - LPN
Anoka Ramsey Community College - RN
Capella University - BSN

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learning all areas of hospital nursing.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Notebook 2. Backdraft 3. A Walk to Remember

What is your favorite color? Purple

Do you have a nickname? No

What are your hobbies?: Puzzles, crocheting, and baking.

Position: Registration/Receptionist

Start Date: 20151026

Birthday: 20151108

Background/Educations: Went to Mora High School
College at St. Cloud Tech

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Learning more about healthcare. There are so many opportunities to advance and new things to learn!

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Pitch Perfect 2. Transformers 3. Toy Story

What is your favorite color? Pink

Do you have a nickname? No

What are your hobbies?: Fishing, snowmobiling, reading

Position: LPN

Start Date: 20151026

Birthday: 20150812

Background/Educations: My education was at Pine Technical and Community College. I graduated in December of 2014. Prior to that I was a cosmetologist and salon owner in Duluth. I did hair for twenty four years.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I'm excited about working in a clinic and in one that is growing fast. Everyone I know has only great things to say so I feel proud to be a part of your team and looking forward to adding my part of greatness as well.

What is your favorite color? Pink

Do you have a nickname? Jewels

What are your hobbies?: Family, fishing, boating, gardening, cooking, card making, dancing, having dinner parties, hunting, theater, concerts, snow shoeing.

Position: RN

Start Date: 20151026

Birthday: 20151015

Background/Educations: Lake Superior College, Bemidji State

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? Helping patients and their families

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Overboard 2. Robin Hood 3. Hocus Pocus

What is your favorite color? Navy Blue

Do you have a nickname? Becca

What are your hobbies?: Reading, spending time with family, yardwork

Position: Rehab Services Aide

Start Date: 20151026

Birthday: 20150212

Background/Educations: I've been in healthcare for 10 years. I went to college for my public welfare financial worker program

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I've heard wonderful things about FirstLight and am excited to be a part of the team.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. The Notebook 2. American Sniper 3. Armageddon

What is your favorite color? Blue

Do you have a nickname? Chels

What are your hobbies?: Spending time with my kids, reading in my free time

Position: Clinic RN

Start Date: 20151026

Birthday: 20151005

Background/Educations: I grew up in Ogilvie, have lived between Ogilvie/Mora my whole life. I graduated from Ogilvie, got my nursing degree from Cambridge Community College.

What are you excited about working at Welia Health? I am so excited to work so close to home! I love our community and am ready to be more closely involved in it.

What are your three favorite movies? 1. Live Free or Die Hard 2. Robin Hood Men in Tights 3. Fast and the Furious

What is your favorite color? Red

Do you have a nickname? Witzi - from my Grandma, but only she calls me it

What are your hobbies?: I enjoy going for walks, working out, photography, but most of all spending as much time as possible with my family.