Alondra Valdivia always knew she wanted to go into medical field


SIOUX CENTER � Alondra Valdivia always would be the doctor when playing with her friends as a child.

Back then, she already knew she wanted to go into the medical field.

Her dream has become reality as she recently assumed a medical assistant/interpreter position at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center.

Alondra Valdivia has begun serving patients as
a medical assistant/interpreter at Promise
Community Health Center in Sioux Center.
She always knew she wanted to go into the
medical field since she was a child.

�I�m very excited to be part of the Promise team,� Alondra said. �To me, it seems like a friendly place. The providers and the staff seem very nice.�

Alondra, who grew up in Hull and graduated from Boyden-Hull High School in 2015, started working while still in high school in 2013 as a certified nursing assistant at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. She continued working there until the summer of 2016, when she took a part-time job as a patient tech at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley. In December 2016, she decided to return to the nursing home in Hull.

She has taken a couple of online classes from Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon and hopes to continue her education at NCC this fall on a part-time basis � with the hope of eventually becoming a registered nurse.

Working at Promise fits right in with that.

�I feel like working as a medical assistant is one step closer to where I want to be,� said Alondra, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, noting her career goal to become a nurse. �It will also prepare me for my future as an RN.�

What does she hope to bring to Promise?

�My charisma,� she said.

Promise Community Health Center of Sioux Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the far northwest corner of Iowa. Promise provides medical, prenatal, dental, vision, behavioral health and family planning services. To learn more, visit www.promisechc.org and watch this video. To read more Promise news, visit promisechcnews.blogspot.com.


MORE ABOUT ALONDRA:
Alondra and her husband, Moises, live in Rock Valley and have a 16-month-old daughter, Valentina. In her spare time, Alondra enjoys reading, shopping, spending time with her family and working out, but two of her favorite hobbies are eating and sleeping.

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