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Felicia Rice
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, AZ USA
"Believe in yourself and know that you can do it...So what if you’re floundering? You’ll only be floundering for a little bit of time."
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Felicia's work combines: Science, Medicine, and Problem Solving
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Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I grew up in Indiana.
2.
My dad was an orthopedist, so I grew up around that field and realized early on that I wanted to do something similar.
3.
I earned my undergraduate degree in biology at St. Mary’s College in Indiana and then did a one-year certification program in Chicago.
4.
I got pregnant when I was still in school and realized that I probably wasn’t going to end up becoming a doctor and practicing with my dad as I had originally planned.
5.
After graduating, I took a couple of years off to spend more time raising my children.
6.
When I went back to work, I moved around through various jobs in the medical field to try and find something that would be fulfilling to me—I ended up really liking microbiology.
7.
I didn’t want my children to experience a bumpy childhood, so I spent a lot of time working the third shift to ensure that I could be with my children during the day.
8.
I eventually felt like I needed a change of scenery, so I moved with my children to Phoenix, Arizona, to work as a microbiologist for the Mayo Clinic Hospital—it’s been a great experience so far!