We are IH: Care aide recognizes value of mentors and colleagues

December 11, 2025

Niomi at the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park.

Name: Niomi Wright (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Care Aide
Length of Service: 18 years
Worksite: Mountain View Lodge
Community: Lillooet
Ancestral Territory: St’at’imc

Niomi Wright is a care aide at Mountain View Lodge located in Lillooet, B.C. on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the St’at’imc Nation where she was born, raised and still lives.

After graduating high school, Niomi wasn’t sure what she wanted to do as a career. Initially, she thought she might pursue nursing. She decided to become a care aide first to get a feel for nursing to decide if it was the right long-term career choice.

Little did she know that she would ultimately discover that her true calling was to be a care aide in long-term care at Interior Health (IH).

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Niomi feels that she wouldn't be where she is today without the support of the care aides, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses that mentored her when she started in her journey as a health-care professional.

Person standing on a wooden suspension bridge with chain-link sides, surrounded by dense green trees and forested hills under a partly cloudy sky. — Niomi on a suspension bridge in Malakwa.

“They showed me what my standard for patient care should be,” she says. “I thank them for helping me be the worker I am today.”

Most days, Niomi wakes up early, drinks a good cup of coffee, and looks out to see whether the sunrise will reveal beautiful pink clouds. She’ll spend some time with her husband, Garrett, and their many pets, including two dogs, Molly and Bernadette, and two cats, Lucy and Oz. They also have two fish tanks, and a crested gecko named Russell.

On a typical workday, Niomi helps residents with tasks like getting ready for supper, bathing and getting ready for bed.

She also enjoys socializing with them. “What I enjoy the most is interacting with our ‘cheeky’ residents,” says Niomi. “They always have something witty to say that makes me laugh and keeps me on my toes!”

I walk into work knowing that I have the opportunity to make each resident’s day better by providing the best care that I possibly can.

-- Niomi Wright, Long-Term Care Aide, Mountain View Lodge

While there are occasionally stressful moments—as in any job—Niomi says that coming into work and being able to have good times and good laughs with her coworkers makes everything manageable and very worthwhile.

A couple stands between two wooden rails in front of trees. Both are wearing hats, eyeglasses and black clothes. — Niomi with her husband Garrett Livingston.

Outside of work, Niomi loves to plan activities and events that get her friends and family together. “Spending time with others and being social is a huge part of who I am,” she shares.

Niomi adores taking in her natural surroundings with an adventurous spirit—hiking, kayaking, camping, exploring and waterfall hunting—especially when it’s alongside the people that are most important in her life.