My City September 2022

7 MindyWilliams MYCOMMUNITY QUESTIONS WITH...

President and CEO, Whaley Children’s Center COMPILED BY SHERRON BARDEN

1 When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a nurse. During my rst semester in college, I volunteered at a health fair at a homeless outreach luncheon where my job was taking blood pressure. Midway through, my Iine of people was the longest which caught the supervisor’s attention and she asked why it was taking me so long.While taking their blood pressure, I found myself trying to help con nect people to services that could assist with meeting their needs. It was on that day that she suggested I pursue social work – and I never looked back.

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