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SIOUX CENTER � Sung-Ju Kim always has had an interest in how the human body works and wanted to go into a career in the medical field. Sung-Ju Kim has assumed his new position as a dental assistant at Promise Community Health Center. He loves to help people and has always had an interest in working in a medical field. He just didn�t know which field. Therefore, when the opportunity to serve as a dental assistant at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center presented itself, he said it was �an easy decision� for him to go that direction. �The reason why I was excited to serve at Promise as a dental assistant is because I love to help people,� Sung-Ju said. �I wanted to work in a place that understands the values of helping the community � with the drive to help all persons to the best of our ability.� Sung-Ju grew up much of his childhood in Minneapolis and graduated from Sheldon High School in 2013. He then went on to Iowa State University, where he earned a bachelor�s ...

SIOUX CENTER � Jodi Utech brings many years of billing experience to Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. She also hopes to bring her positive attitude. Jodi Utech brings experience in similar roles her position of billing specialist at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. Jodi has assumed her role as the billing specialist at Promise. �I have heard a lot of really good things about Promise. I love what Promise does for the community and how involved they are,� she said. �I worked for a similar organization and absolutely loved it there.� Jodi grew up in Sioux City and graduated from West High School. She worked for six and a half years, May 2007-December 2013, as a certified pharmacy technician for Thrifty White Drug in Denison. She then served four years until December as a billing specialist and administrative assistant for Crawford County Home Health, Hospice and Public Health in Denison. Her family then moved to northwest Iowa when her husband became the c...

SIOUX CENTER � Vanessa Salcedo wants to be as helpful as possible as people walk through the front doors of Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. Vanessa Salcedo enjoys helping people in her new role as a receptionist at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. As a new receptionist for Promise, she is one of the first persons who patients see. �I hope to be another helpful smile as patients walk in the door and make them feel welcome,� she said. Vanessa, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, grew up in Orange City and attended MOC-Floyd Valley School District through the 10th grade. She graduated from Penn Foster Online High School in 2016. She worked at Mi Lupita Bar & Grill in Sioux Center for four and a half years before assuming her role at Promise. She was interested in learning a new position and doing something different than her past job experiences, particularly a job that involves computers. �I felt like I could do a good job in this position,� she ...

SIOUX CENTER � Hundreds of children throughout northwest Iowa will get books in their hands, thanks to Sioux Center Christian School students. For the third year, students at the school collected books for Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center in connection with Literacy Week. Sioux Center Christian School first-graders announce how many books that they collected for Promise Community Health Center during an all-school celebration assembly on Friday afternoon. It also was Pajama/Comfort Day at the school. An estimated 508 books were donated to Promise during a culminating, all-school celebration assembly on Friday. The students also collected $75 in donations so that Promise can purchase about 35 more books in Spanish. They also donated $75 to the Tesfa Foundation for books for children in Ethiopia. The students were excited about the project. �The best part was getting books for people who need them,� said McKartley Van Vugt, a first-grader. The project started two years a...

SIOUX CENTER � Emily Tuschen is taking a step up in leadership at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. Tuschen has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer from her role as the Clinic Manager. The COO position is a revamping of Promise�s previous Director of operations position, which has been vacant for several months. She said working as the clinic manager at Promise for the past year and a half has been big blessing to her, but she is excited about the challenges of her new role. Emily Tuschen has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center after serving a year and a half as the clinic manager. She is excited to take her leadership to a new level to help the help center continue to adapt its services into the future. �The more I learn about the programs of Promise, the more I want to know,� Tuschen said. �I have been exposed to surface-level program details and now am challenged to really dig in and rea...

Lorena Ronquillo is serving as a dental assistant trainee at Promise Community Health Center while completing her education at Western Iowa Tech Community College. She will expand her role at Promise after earning her diploma. SIOUX CENTER � Lorena Ronquillo always knew she wanted to go into the medical field, but she wasn�t sure which career to choose. One day, she job-shadowed a dental assistant for school. Then, she knew. That career goal choice now is becoming a reality for Lorena. She recently assumed a part-time dental assistant trainee role at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center as she completes her dental assistant education at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City. She plans to transition to full time at Promise after earning her diploma in May. �I just love what dental assistants do,� she said. �I love dealing with different patients every day.� Lorena, who is bilingual in English and Spanish, grew up in Rock Valley and graduated from Rock Valley High...

SIOUX CENTER � A trip across the globe to slums in India during college was an eye-opening experience for Kristen Schuler. She observed the importance of family planning and community health while she taught women�s health and hygiene classes. Kristen Schuler, the family planning nurse educator at Promise Community Health Center, answers questions about what family planning services encompass and how the care can benefit them. Schuler, who has served as a registered nurse for Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center since June 2015, noticed women who didn�t consider their own personal health-related matters because they focused on keeping their children fed and happy. She saw large families living in rooms the size of an office cubicle. She talked to a mother who had never heard of birth control or being able to make decisions about family size. �I witnessed how life-changing simple education can be and how awareness of how our bodies are made and how they function has the abil...