Why I Want To Be A Cma Essay

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I am becoming a CMA because it’s a close to the medical world as I can be for right now. My
Mother has worked for a hospital here in town for eight years. I asked her when I first moved back to
Alaska 5 years ago, what she thought was a “cool job” and what she could see me doing. Her answer was
A Certified Medical Assistant. I had the pleasure of work for Beacon Occupational Health and Services
For a year and a half and I loved it, but there was only so much I could do as a Drug and Alcohol
Collector. I asked my boss at the time what I needed to do to become an occupational health tech with in
The company and her response was “become an EMT or a CMA”. At that time I knew I needed to go to
School or I would be touching pee and smelling
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Starting at
ACC has just reinforced that support and build up my goals in doing better for us. My family is my
Support system I would not be here if it wasn’t for them. I am eager to learn everything that the next
Fourteen months has in store for me. I am going to have to face a lot of my fears. Such as syringes,
School, Failing and letting my anxiety get the best of me. I have always been a people person. I’ve always
Wanted To do something more than just help people after the fact of being hurt or broken or emotionally
Lost. I know that becoming a CMA will get me to that path in my life, where I can watch someone’s
Baby be Born and see them grow over the years or even help the elderly continue their amazing life’s
Journey. I’m excited to see all the doors this program will open for me. I know I can make a difference in
My life and others. I want to make my family proud and prove to myself that I am strong willed and ready

To start this next chapter in my life. I am never going to work a day in my life once I get this certification
Because I am going to be doing something I truly love. This is why I am becoming a CMA through

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