Building Our Safety Net: Healthcare, Employment and a Little Boy’s Braces Journey
One Family, One Step at a Time When we first immigrated to Las Vegas, I knew there was something incredibly important we needed to establish as a family as quickly as possible. Health insurance. Coming from Aotearoa New Zealand, where our experience with healthcare was very different, navigating the American healthcare and insurance system was […]
My First Panel Audio Interview
Walking Into the Unknown Today I experienced something completely new in my working career, my very first panel phone/audio interview via Microsoft Teams with five Committee Members including the Web Manager, and I can honestly say, it was one of the most intriguing, relaxed, inclusive, comforting, and natural interviews I have ever had. Going into […]
Summary: The Year that Was
Weddings, Honeymoon in Vegas, Trip to Utah, and the Vision for the Future Long before we arrived in the United States as a family of permanent residents, ready to start over, there was a much earlier beginning. One that didn’t feel like the start of anything at the time. It felt like a fleeting visit. […]
Introduction – An Eventful 2005
Study, Work, Motherhood, and Building a Future Before the idea of immigrating to the United States became part of our lives, there were years spent building stability in Aotearoa New Zealand. For me, 2005 became one of those defining years where almost every area of life demanded attention at the same time. It was a […]
