Amy Waterstrat:  

Life What a journey the last 20 (eek!) years have been. After taking the summer of my senior year off, I embarked on a long (still ongoing) administrative career. I married my prom date 3 years later. We had a good run together, 11 years, but in 1999 after a lot of soul searching, I realized I had to be true to myself and fair to him, so I chose to move on, and began a quest for a life better suited to me. Hopefully he has found a love that better suits him. During my married years, I didn't focus very hard on advancing in my career, so after the divorce I began working on ramping things up a bit, and it's still a work in process. I spent 4 years at PC Connection learning a LOT of valuable technical & sales/marketing skills, until their first round of layoffs. It was a blessing, really... I was ready for a change. The years since that time have been a wild ride, trying to find my career niche. I ventured into non-profit opportunities, but a wrong match in one job, letting a (former) relationship get in the way of another job, and then another layoff led me to a point where I decided I needed to get out of the non-profit field. So 2 years ago I shifted into the medical administration field. I am currently a Patient Care Coordinator in a family practice in Hopkinton, NH and learning more everyday. Helping our patients (in a non-clinical role) is very rewarding, but I do hope to find a role soon that will allow me to combine my medical experience with my technical skills and and medical terminology training. As I said, it is a work in process but it is fascinating for me to look back and realize how each job has offered pieces to a puzzle that is now beginning to take shape. In my personal life, I've had my share of heartbreaks, and learned my lessons of love in my late thirties that most people learn when they are in their early 20's. It took me a couple tries, but I've found a man now who is different from anything in the past, and we've been making a g...Expand for more