In the school year of my senior year of high school I worked for Bobbi and Bricka in Huntington, IN in packaging. I developed the skill of being a leader greatly in this role by being able to help people efficiently and train them in the job setting of how to do their work. I developed the skill of communication by constantly working alongside with my supervisor in finding more efficient ways to train people or being able to package. I use these two life skills greatly in my internship setting because I work primarily by myself which has allowed me to be strong in my leadership skills that I developed previously and also my skill of communication is used greatly in my internship role because it has allowed me to have the proper communication skills when talking with patients at my internship site and my supervisor. 

Skills grown through experience : Communication, Leadership 

In the Summer of 2022,  I worked as an intern for Parkview Huntington Hospital. As an intern at Parkview, I worked as a patient care technician and worked in variety of different units shadowing, gaining patient care hours, and observing. The units I gained experience in included ICU, CCU, Family birthing center, ER, MIU, pediatrics, SAU, and surgery. I gained helpful skills such as the proper sterilization techniques, talking with patients, and many more skills. These skills greatly have transferred over to my internship site when needing to talk with patients and knowing relevant medical terminology when looking at medical documents. 

Skills grown through experience: Patient experience, medical terminology, and application of skills and knowledge 

 I volunteered with the Indianapolis Momentum Indy and gained leadership skills as well as resilience in pushing through the day. I volunteered from the hours of 9 AM-7:30 PM and took part in activities such as picking up trash, assisting in taking down the event at the end, and setting up the course. When partaking in this opportunity to volunteer I learned how important it is to be apart of something bigger than yourself. By volunteering for this event it allowed for the event to take place and for the people at the event to be able to focus on the big things that might go wrong or that need to be helped with. The day was very long and hot, so resilience was a huge factor in continuing to push through the day and get things done.  Resilience is particularly useful in my internship experience because after attending class, being a part of a-lot of extracurricular activities, and having exams some weeks it gets very long to be able to continue to do my internship some days. Resilience allows me to continue working through my internship on the hard days and continue balancing everything else in my life too. 

Skills grown through experience : Resilience 

Phi Mu's is a sorority on IUPUI's campus who's mission is to raise money for CMNH and our local hospital, Riley Hospital for Children. In my sorority, I have held a couple positions that have allowed me to grow and learn. The first position I have held is being Honor Committee  Chairwoman, to be in this position you have to uphold confidentiality to a very high standard in keeping information that is discussed in meetings confidential to only those who are involved in the situations. This has greatly allowed me to learn the importance of confidentiality and how it can imapct others when information is not being kept confidential. Another position I have held is being a New Member Assissant, I work greatly with our New Member Director in coordinating events for our new members in our chapter and overall making sure they feel seen, loved, and heard. This position has greatly given me the opportunity to show my love and caring for others. Lastly, the third position I have held is Internal Social Chairwoman. In this position I plan and coordinate our internal events such as Mom's Day, Dad's Day, and our two formals that we hold. This position has developed me into being a leader more than I thought was possible because I hold a great amount of responsibility in executing these events and making sure everyone is safe and having a good time. 

Skills grown through experience: Confidentiality, Leadership 

I have had the wonderful privilege to be apart of Jagathon for two years now and will be going into my third year this next year. Jagathon is a student run and lead organization on campus that raises money for Riley Hospital for Children. My first year in Jagathon I was a part of the Family Relations committee as the chair of fundraising, this past year I moved up to the executive board as the Director of Traditions, and this upcoming year for 2023 - 2024 I will be the Director of Family Relations. As the Director of Traditions, I planned and executed our traditional events such as Battleships that allow us to fundraise money for Riley. This year Battleships had it's most successful year and raised  over $2,500 in the event itself! As the Director of Traditions, I will work directly with Riley families to engage them in Jagathon and show our support and appreciation to them. At our capstone event this year on March 3rd - March 4th, our total fundraising amount was revealed to be over $300,000. This will allow over $300,000 of miracles to happen at Riley for so many kids! 

Skills grown through experience: Compassion, Resilience, Hard Work Ethic