May 2023
Q. How long have you been working at Blue Ridge Orthopaedic?
1.5 years
Q. What is your job title?
I am a surgery scheduler.
Q. What does your job entail?
I schedule surgeries for patients along with pre-op and post-op
appointments.
Q. What do you like most about your job?
I am learning something new everyday. It challenges me to think outside the box. I really enjoy getting to know our patients and chatting with them.
Q. How would you describe your team?
I work with the most amazing, creative, funny and intelligent women. They are always willing to go above and beyond in anything they do.
Q. What is one professional skill you are actively developing?
Critical thinking and problem solving.
Q. What is your favorite productivity hack?
Making a check list.
Q. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Married with kids.
Q. What were you doing before this?
I was a certified pharmacy technician in North Carolina.
Q. What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?
Always seek growth and knowledge.
Q. What’s the best advice you were ever given?
Be patient with people. You never know what someone is going through.
Q. What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?
I would want to be a hospice nurse.
Q. What profession would you definitely NOT like to do?
I would not want to be a Mortician.
Q. What county do you live in?
I live in Culpeper.
Q. What do you like best about your county?
There is so much history in Culpeper.
Q. What is your favorite local business?
I absolutely love Ciro’s.
Q. What do you like to do when you aren’t working?
I enjoy hanging out with my family and our golden doodle.
Q. What’s a fun fact about you many people may not know?
I was accidentally on Good Morning America. I was interviewed about the weather with my local news station and it was sent to GMA.
Q. Where’s your favorite place in the world?
I adore Charleston, South Carolina.
Q. What is your motto or personal mantra?
Be a girl with a mind, a woman with an attitude
and a lady with class.
Q. If you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Amelia Earhart. Because she proved woman could do anything men can do.
Q. Three words to best describe you:
Empathic, funny and loyal
Q. What is the one thing you can’t live without?
My sweet Family.
Q. What is the most recent TV show you binge watched?
Breaking Bad.
Q. What is the best movie of all time?
Ford vs Ferrari
Q. If you could have any superpower what would it be?
I would either want to read minds or be able to teleport.
Q. What is one food that you cannot resist?
Crab Rangoon!
Q. If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
All languages.
Q. Are you a dog person or a cat person (or neither)?
Dog.
Q. What’s your time of day? Do you enjoy the morning or the evening?
Evening is probably my favorite. I enjoying winding down for the day and spending time at home.
Q. What would you eat if you had to eat only one meal every day for the rest of your life?
It would 100% be lobster tail.
