back working at CSC as the internship coordinator and recently took a trip to Canada with Rachael Smith, eh.
2011 Jaycee McCarthy 1220 W Roscoe St 2nd floor Chicago, IL 60657 jmccarthy.07@ my.colby-sawyer.edu Ashley Ann Jette 7 Timberwood Drive Unit 314 Lebanon, NH 03766-4700 ajette.07@ my.colby-sawyer.edu Aric Lantiegne and Victoria Canelas Lantiegne have moved back to NH and are living in Concord. Aric is in sales at Banks Chevrolet, and Victoria is working for Checkmate Payroll as the marketing director.
2012 Kassandra Louise Pike 40 Terry Hill Road Fairlee, VT 05045 (802) 522-0158 kassandra.pike@gmail.com Courtney Eleanor Pike 40 Terry Hill Road Fairlee, VT 05045 (802) 522-0711 pike.c@husky.neu.edu After graduating, Jessica Cassidy moved to San Diego, where she worked for the Obama campaign
Allison Blood ’08 is a neurosurgery spine nurse practitioner and serious equestrienne who hopes to put her horse—and herself—to the ultimate test.
Flying High with Four-Star Dreams Allison Blood ’08 “I’m very goal oriented,” says Allison Blood ’08, and she isn’t kidding. In the five years since she graduated from Colby-Sawyer’s Nursing Program, the former class president has not only launched a successful career as a nurse practitioner specializing in neurosurgery and spine surgery, but she has also found time to compete in triathlons and maintain her lifelong love of horse riding and coaching. Blood began her medical career immediately after graduating from Colby-Sawyer at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua. With a plan to become a family nurse practitioner (FNP), she applied and was accepted to the FNP program at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. Her studies and work life coincided, as might be expected from an admitted workaholic. “It was seven days a week for two and a half years,” says Blood.
surgery, Blood flew weekly to an offsite clinic in Southern Ill. “I love to fly,” says Blood, though she notes that regular trips on a small private plane are not for everyone. In keeping with her full-to-thebrim approach to life, Blood also traveled more than three hours on weekends to teach horse riding in Barrington, Ill. This April, Blood took the next step in her career and moved to Chicago to work at the University of Illinois Chicago Hospital where she is a neurosurgery spine nurse practitioner and clinical professor. Blood appreciates the increased career options and the research at this teaching hospital. The drive to Barrington is much closer now, making it easier for her to ride, teach and pursue her dream of competing on her own horse at the four-star Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the ultimate test in equestrian athleticism. Wherever her career takes her from here, we are confident this goal-oriented go-getter will make it on her own terms thanks to her amazing level of commitment.
As a newly minted family nurse practitioner, Blood received many offers and opted for a position in Peoria, Ill., in part because the schedule there allowed her to pursue her athletic interests. In addition to her work in the outpatient clinic and in — Mike Gregory
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