We Are IH: Grand Forks patient ambassador proud of 10-year pin

Celeste hiking at Idaho Peak in Sandon, B.C.


Name: Celeste Hein (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Patient Ambassador and Support Worker
Years of Service: 11
Worksite: Boundary District Hospital
Community: Grand Forks
Ancestral TerritorySyilx – Okanagan Interior Salish

Celeste Hein was born and raised in Grand Forks, B.C., where she has been working as a Patient Ambassador and Support Worker at the Boundary District Hospital for 11 years. As an adventurous, outdoorsy person, she lives by the adage, “At the end of the day, your hair should be messy, your feet dirty and your eyes sparkling.”

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