What word best describes you?
Empathetic
Title
Assistant Chief
* at time of recognition
Employer
City Pella Community Ambulance
* at time of recognition
Lives In
Pella
Education
2024 - Master or Arts in Organizational Leadership, Waldorf University. 2021 - Critical Care Paramedic, Mercy College of Health Sciences, 2019 - Paramedic, DMACC, 2009- Judson University, BS in Biology, 2004 - Larkin High School, Elgin Illinois.
Activities
Director of Little Kickers for Iowa Rush South Soccer Club, Marion County EMS, Protocol Committee, Local Emergency Planning Committee Secretary
Working in Marion County
The desire to be the best EMS service through patient care, work culture, training, and community involvement. This reflects the whole of Marion County in that all the communities in the county want to be the best communities they can via lifestyle, culture, health and service.
Living in Marion County
Living in Marion County offers a lifestyle that is different from many other places. It is a relaxed place that also provides activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Favorite Place to Relax
Walking outside on the trails or in town. The Pella Public Library, Pella Aquatic Center, Iris Coffee, Spire Coffee, the Curiosity Shop, Big Acai.
Career Opportunities
From my experience, Marion County offers opportunities that allow for growth and advancement at a higher rate due to its size, but also the amount of time and training the various workplaces have for employees.
Community Favorites
The many parks, Pella School District, Thursday Nights in Pella, All the trails, Pella Aquatic Center, particularly South East Aquatics.
Career Advice to Teens
Pre-hospital emergency medicine is a profession that is rewarding on many levels. To succeed you need to be willing to put in the work (at least 2 years of intense schooling to be a critical care paramedic), work unique schedules, and most of all want to help people.
Mentor
Pella Community Ambulance Chief, Greg Higginbotham
What is your wish for the Red Rock Area?
Strengthen as a whole community
What is your biggest passion, and why?
To be a servant-hearted human.
3 Hobbies
Traveling with my husband and daugther, Reading and Writing and Soccer
