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December 5, 2024

Name: Stephenie McLeod (she/her/hers) 
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Years of Service: 6
Worksite: Vernon Health Unit
Community:  Vernon
Ancestral Territory: syilx Nation
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: "It's kind of fun to do the impossible" - Walt Disney

Stephenie was born in Vancouver and moved to Ontario as an infant. Her extended family still lives in Thunder Bay, Ont. 

She returned to B.C. when she was 20 years old. After a few years in retail and optometry, where she gained knowledge with ophthalmic terms, Stephenie completed training as a medical transcriptionist and gained work experience in transcribing community psychiatry reports through her administrative role at Vernon Mental Health

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