Final Storey Project

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Final Storey Project

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  1. All right. I think we're all connected here. Can everyone hear me?
  2. All right, let's see here. I can't see anyone just yet up. There we go.
  3. Can everyone see me. All right.
  4. A very, very good Well,
  5. good morning everyone and welcome to Kendra Nicole's intake center.
  6. We are very happy to have you here.
  7. If you don't know. My name is Valencia. I am the founder
  8. as well as the owner of Kendra Nicole's intake center. So once again, welcome.
  9. Okay,
  10. they'll
  11. probably even go here.
  12. What's your name?
  13. Yana. Well, Arianna, I'm pretty happy you asked that question.
  14. So, if most of you don't know,
  15. I actually once was a foster care kid myself and I do know once you hit the age of 15,
  16. there's really no hope for an adoption or fostering.
  17. So, I created this program for anyone between the ages of 15, 2, 17,
  18. about to age out of foster care or about to
  19. graduate high school and going into the real world.
  20. I was once in my young twenties and I didn't know what I wanted to do in
  21. life until one day I saw this quote by Maya Angelo and it really struck me,
  22. the quote is,
  23. if you are going down a road and you don't like what's in front
  24. of you and you look back and you don't like what you see,
  25. get off the road and create a new path.
  26. That's why I went to school.
  27. I got my life together and I created Kendra Nicole's intake.
  28. Our mission statement here. Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead.
  29. So, how did you get to this point?
  30. Well,
  31. I'm getting to that
  32. our purpose here at Kendra Nicole is to
  33. become a beacon of hope through input empathy and
  34. individualization to give you a sense of hope.
  35. No, I believe the young lady in the back. What was your name?
  36. My name?
  37. Yes, so my name is um
  38. as a handler.
  39. Alright, alejandra.
  40. Well you asked me how did I get here and I'm going to share that experience with you.
  41. Okay.
  42. First I graduated William T.
  43. Dwyer High School in 2014 in Palm Beach County Go Panthers, if any of you are there.
  44. Alrighty then I pretty much as I said before, wandered around in my 20's,
  45. I didn't really know what I wanted to do until in
  46. my late 20's I decided to go back to school.
  47. I went to valencia College where I met my professor, Dr Shetty Doctor Shop,
  48. pretty much was my introduction to the college experience professor.
  49. What she did was she gave me these assignments and we
  50. had to figure out pretty much what we wanted to do,
  51. plan out what we see ourselves in a few years and it really got
  52. me thinking of what I wanted to do and what I want to become.
  53. So once I graduated with my a a I went on to
  54. University of central florida where I got my bachelor's in science in
  55. kinesiology as well as my master's in kinesiology applied and was accepted
  56. into the program of physical therapy as well to become a doctor.
  57. Their program is actually number two in the state and I can't go on without saying
  58. go knights.
  59. All right.
  60. So after I went there, I pretty much had to do my residency after I was
  61. done with school.
  62. So I went back home to Palm Beach County and I
  63. went to ST mary's Hospital to start my year residency.
  64. I then came back to Orlando to get my specialty.
  65. Does anyone know why you need a specialty?
  66. Well you need a specialty in order to pretty much specialize what you're going to do.
  67. So yes, I'm a doctor of physical therapy. But what was I going to do with it?
  68. So, I went back to Orlando health and that's where I specialized in pediatrics.
  69. After that I came back to Palm Beach and I
  70. went to Wellington Regional when I went to Wellington Regional.
  71. I mastered the art of sports therapy in medicine
  72. as well as a certificate to assist the elderly.
  73. Any questions so far
  74. so
  75. I'm sorry. I think we are breaking up.
  76. Mhm.
  77. Uh huh.
  78. All right. I apologize about that.
  79. I thought our connection was going out again guys,
  80. this is live for those who don't believe me.
  81. Today's day is December 5th of 2041 and you may hear a few interruptions.
  82. I actually am sitting in my office if you can tell I am at
  83. work I have my white coat on right now while we are filming this.
  84. Okay, so I do apologize in advance already any questions.
  85. So
  86. all that work, all that study
  87. to become a physical therapy.
  88. Yes. Just to become a physical therapist,
  89. you guys even do?
  90. Well,
  91. I can tell you what I do on a daily,
  92. pretty much every day.
  93. I would come to the hospital and I have a schedule where
  94. I go to many different facilities like on monday Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
  95. I go to the cancer ward, denies this Children to save
  96. evenings. I do go to
  97. the
  98. the
  99. I'm sorry, it seems like we're breaking up again. Everyone hear me already.
  100. So as I was saying on Tuesdays,
  101. I do go to the vet hospital as well to assist our veterans who have been injured in war.
  102. Okay.
  103. I also assist the elderly Fridays add nursing homes
  104. so therefore I can assist them helping them walk.
  105. Now, that does seem like a lot. So let me break it down for you.
  106. Most physical therapists assist people who have pretty much been injured,
  107. lost a limb
  108. or have had a major surgery and they need help walking again,
  109. gaining their strength as well as trying to have
  110. helped to become independent on a daily basis.
  111. Does that answer your question? Yes, I did. Thank you. And it's my pleasure.
  112. Now, I believe the second part of your question was why do we have so much schooling?
  113. We have so much schooling just to make sure we are doing our jobs properly
  114. and that we understand and I do take the time to take extra classes.
  115. Even now after I've already graduated just so I
  116. can stay up to date with everything going on
  117. now again you guys are here so I can help you.
  118. I see myself in a lot of you and that's the reason I want to help.
  119. I want to make sure that you all are able to get the best of everything that you need.
  120. No, another question you guys may have is what did it cost?
  121. Well the good thing for all of you just like me it costs nothing.
  122. You have a full ride to school up until you're 35
  123. and thankfully I'm not gonna tell you how old I am
  124. cute joke.
  125. No, but seriously,
  126. I'm not gonna tell you guys how old I am but you have until 35 to get
  127. any degree that you want in any school and that's how I pretty much did it.
  128. I do know that if you go after 35 and you want to go back to school, you still can.
  129. But right now for us it is completely free and
  130. that's exactly why I do what I do to make sure
  131. you know everything that you need to survive in life
  132. and to get all the benefits that you do need.
  133. Okay,
  134. well
  135. now before we go, I also own my own practice as well.
  136. That is valencia's kids where I hope kids every single day. Yes.
  137. Hi, Hi,
  138. how
  139. are you?
  140. Well, I am on the intake, I will be there in about five minutes.
  141. Just go ahead and let them know. Let me wrap up here. Okay, thank you. Well guys,
  142. I want it to once again welcome you into Kendra Nichols intake center.
  143. I do have a patient I have to get to so I will have to cut this short.
  144. Miss Maria will be assisting you with everything else that you need.
  145. I am always only a phone call away, phone call,
  146. email or sometimes you may need someone to talk to.
  147. You can send me a text as well. Okay, you guys enjoy your intake day and stay hopeful.