Name: Chantal-Michelle Holt (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Administration Clerk/Medical Office Assistant
Length of Service: 8.5 years
Worksite: Barriere Health Centre
Community: Barriere
Ancestral Territory: Secwepemc
Chantal has called Secwepemc territory home her entire life. Her deep connection to the land and community has guided both her personal journey and career path. For Chantal, reconciliation means something beautifully simple and profound: “That no matter what colour our skin, gender or nationality, we all get along.”
Chantal’s path to health care was shaped by a deep desire to help others through some of their hardest moments. After joining Interior Health as a housekeeper at Royal Inland Hospital, it didn’t take long for her determination and heart to shine through. Within her first year, she was asked to step into a supervisory role—a proud moment that would set the tone for what was to come.
Driven by a dream to work closer to home, she began picking up every shift she could.
“Sometimes I would sleep for a few hours in my car between doubles,” she recalls.
