M EET AN D GREET My Jarrell Monthly's New Community Liaison
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long-time Jarrellinian, school district volunteer, substitute teacher, city assistant, development partner, consultant, good neighbor, and now community liaison for My Jarrell Monthly, Janet Hage is on a mission to unite the whole 76537 community. “I don’t look at Jarrell as, here’s old Jarrell and Sonterra. I want to look at it as a community of everyone coming together, no matter which side of the highway they’re on,” she says. Having lived here and befriended newcomers, many who helped build Jarrell for nearly 30 years, Janet is excited to use those connections to help My Jarrell Monthly spotlight the people, places, and activities that make living in this community great. Janet’s daughter, Abby, says those relationships evolved because “[Mom is] genuine with people and makes you feel like you’re the most important person in the room—like you matter. Everyone should have the chance to feel like they are truly important, and that’s exactly what she does. Serving the community of this once-tiny town is just a small percentage of all the people’s lives she’s touched.” Jarrell was indeed a tiny town when Janet and her family moved here in 1994. All the kids in town went to the same school, and Janet remembers being able to walk for an hour down FM 487 with her children and never see a car. She fell in love with the tight-knit community, which reached out to her when she didn’t know anyone and led to her volunteer and professional involvement. She sees her new role as My Jarrell Monthly's community liaison as a way of giving back to that community. “Whether it’s for the My Jarrell magazine, the school district, or the mother next door who just moved in and doesn’t know anyone, I want every person when they come here, to feel like they’ve come home,” she says.
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Nurse Practitioner Jarrell Medical Clinic’s Newest Bilingual Team Member
eslie Casachahua is a bilingual, Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner at Jarrell Medical Clinic. She was born in Lima, Peru, moved to the U.S. in 2010, and earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Southern Maine in 2015. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts, and earlier this year, was certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. With extensive nursing experience in family medicine, cardiology, women’s health, and pediatrics, she will be a great asset to Jarrell Medical Clinic. As excited as she was to be Dr. Peña's student, she is equally happy to be his Nurse Practitioner and says she is honored to follow Dr. Peña's steps serving the amazing community of Jarrell and surrounding areas. Leslie’s goal is to be an essential team member in an environment where she can provide quality care, dignity, concern, kindness, and respect for the diversity of our community.
When she is not working you can find her spending quality time with family and friends. She enjoys biking, hiking, and camping with her husband. Make an appointment with her today by calling 512.588.1501 www.jarrellmedicalclinic.com Para leer en español 4
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