Nancy

"Oh, that was really helpful way to get my next role which was where I am now at the Center for Health Services and Society."

"my day-to-day is preparing to submit monthly reports keeping my staff motivated part of what I do is supervise the administrative team."

"There's a lot of room for Innovation as well."

"The most important qualities are being organized, being able to lead a team, as well as attention to detail."

"I really enjoy working with my administrative team to ensure that they have all they need to be successful in their role. I also really like being able to influence their future career goals."

"It's sometimes worth sacrificing higher pay or potentially getting promoted more quickly because we know the impact that our work is having and we feel connected to that work."

"We are all working towards one common goal able to make necessary sacrifices to ensure that we're delivering the best service that we can to the folks that work with unhoused population."

"If you are very driven and organized and just dedicated or like the work itself that you would be doing then you would also succeed in this industry."

"So as a project manager, you have to manage both the project and the people."

"So for a position like mine, it would be better to work in something that's already in public mental health that way when you go to apply, the employer can see that you have an interest and some experience in the area."

"Everything that you learn in each position will help you later."

"The thing that really helped me were those first jobs that I had and the one that led directly to this position or I should say to this workplace."

"Make sure that what you start out on in your undergraduate journey is what you enjoy and not what somebody else is pushing you to do."