New HealthCorps Navigator Profile – Ruthie Tallents

Meet Ruthie Tallents, a new HealthCorps Navigator serving at the Family Wellness Center in New Britain!

Can you tell us a bit about your educational background?

–          I spend my undergrad at the University at Buffalo and got a BS in Pharmacology & Toxicology.

 What about joining CHC most excites you?

–          I’m looking forward to getting to know the families that come through the Family Wellness Center.  It’s exciting to be able to have a hand in many of the programs offered through the FWC and learn more about all of the programs that CHC offers to its patients.

  If not seeing patients/serving at CHC you would rather be _____________?

–          Spending time outdoors!

 What musical artist currently dominates your iPod?

–          Sara Bareilles

 Do you have a unique talent?

–          Inexplicably good at card games; I can’t be beat in Spoons.

 What is your favorite sports team?

–          I follow the US Women’s National Soccer team; and of course the Bills and the Sabres.

 What is your current favorite movie?

–          V for Vendetta

 What is your dream job?

–          Still narrowing it down, but definitely anything that allows me to be active.

 What is one thing you would like the CHC team to know about you?

–          With six younger brothers and sisters running around the house, my family is a hilarious and altogether less composed version of the Brady Bunch.

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