SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - A local nurse’s Facebook post tracking her career path has gone viral, she’s reminding people to stay humble and treat each other with kindness.
Jaines Andrades recently posted a photo of her employee ID cards at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where she’s worked since she was a teenager. After starting with the company as a janitor, she became a registered nurse in 2014 and is now a nurse practitioner specializing in trauma surgery.
“I started at Baystate when I was 19. at one point I dreamed of the position I have today,” Andrades said. “I remember those times where I saw interactions as a custodian to remind myself that everyone’s human.”
She said she hopes her journey serves as a reminder that everyone deserves respect.
“Your academic success or your professional success, obviously it deserves praise and you should be proud of that but it doesn’t make you a better person,” Andrades said. “As a human being I’m still, I’m still that girl who used to clean.”
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