Allison Sugg
“I was always interested in the dental field. I was a dental assistant in a family practice and wanted to have a more hands-on role. I always liked going to the dentist when I was young and looked forward to when the dentist came to our school for the community clinic.
“I really like the preclinical class and am learning a lot about infectious disease control and how to hold and maneuver instruments. It helps that the instructors are great and have already been in the profession. I think I’ll have the tools necessary to be an effective hygienist and will definitely be prepared for everything.”
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Oanh Kim Nguyen, MLT(ASCP)
Medical Laboratory Technician
Methodist Medical Center of Dallas
“My first experience at community college was taking ESL classes at Richland and Brookhaven, which were close to where I lived. Then when I started exploring what kind of program I wanted to take for a career change, I saw Medical Laboratory Technology and transferred to El Centro ... I always tell people who are thinking about community college to think about Medical Laboratory Technology, and I tell them about my personal experience with the program. It’s a stable job, in a quiet environment with a lot less stress than many other medically related fields, and the people are very friendly and professional. I really love my job.”
English as a Second Language (ESL and ESOL), Medical Laboratory Technology
Dolores (Dee) Schueler, BSN, LVN, RN, CRNI
Director of Nurses
USBioservices
“Our instructors had high expectations and saw our potential. They let us know that it wasn’t going to be easy, but it wasn’t going to be insurmountable either.”
Nursing
Sylvia Moreno, BSN, RN
Director of HIV Services
Parkland Hospital of Dallas
“Community college gave me everything I needed to take and succeed in classes for an advanced degree.”
Nursing
Shawn Terry, B.A., RRT, RCP
Respiratory Care Practitioner,
Parkland Health and Hospital System
“Respiratory therapists are not just technicians trained to deliver treatments and therapies with different types of equipment. We have to truly comprehend a wide range of topics and how they relate to a patient’s condition.”
Respiratory Care Program
Allison Sugg
Dental Hygiene student
Dental Hygiene
School of Health Sciences