When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I believe I wanted to be a teacher, unless I still wanted to be a princess at that age LOL. For a long time when you’d ask me as a kid what I wanted to be, I’d always say teacher. As I got older, I kept changing the grades I wanted to teach. First I thought it would be nice to teach elementary kids, then I thought maybe middle school, or high school.

Eventually I realized if I was going to be a teacher, I’d need to be a professor, because I wanted to teach people old enough who get to decide if they want to come to class or not, and it’s ultimately not my responsibility if they fail in college. I decided not to pursue any higher education after my associates degree for a few reasons:

1. I did not want to pull out student loans
2. I had already moved out of my parents house and had to pay bills
3. I didn’t want to go to school for 6-8+ more years

So, now in my current life I am fighting dental claims and making sure these insurance companies pay! It is rough and stressful at times for sure, and I swear every year insurance gets worse, but I am glad that our patients have someone here fighting for them!