>> I graduated, actually, from Millersville for my bachelor's degree.
And, I got a degree in psychology with a minor in sociology.
And so, I finished that in 2007 and then I continued straight
on into my master's program also here at Millersville in the school psychology program.
And, within that program, you know, it requires you to complete, you know,
pre-practicum experiences, practicum experience, and then also,
a full year internship experience.
So, the internship, you know, I worked a full year at school district.
That was at Northern York County School District.
I was really blessed, actually, to be in the program that I was in, had fantastic mentors
who really taught me a lot in that short year that I was with them.
But, that was a really great experience for me.
And then, I was also very lucky, from there to immediately get employment
at Henfield [assumed spelling] School District.
So, I've been with them for five years now.
But, I was very, very lucky to be able to find that job right away right out of school.
I think why I wanted to be a school psychologist in the first place was I knew,
education was always very interesting to me.
But, I didn't find, you know, I didn't think that I would be
as successful being a classroom teacher.
Didn't know that I could do that for the long term.
But, I knew that I wanted to be able to help students in a different capacity.
So, you know, as I was going through school and psychology, you know, I first,
my interest in psychology was peaked in high school actually when I was
in the AP psych course in that level and I was really interested in learning about behavior
and how to manage behavior and try
and manipulate behavior and change and things like that.
So, that really peaked my interest.
And, from there, I started volunteering with organizations like Contact Helpline
in the area and, you know, got a piece of the mental health aspect.
That was really interesting to me.
And so, I wanted to access more of that and I wanted
to take more opportunities to learn more about that.
So, that's what pushed me into my undergraduate degree in psychology.
And then, again, you know, a lot happened for me when I was in school.
So, the whole aspect of education was very interesting to me.
But, I just didn't think that classroom teaching would be the thing for me.
So, I was able to learn more about school psychology.
My sister, actually, at the time was also a school psychologist.
So, I was able to, kind of, get a peek into her world
and see what a practicing school psychologist was actually doing.
And, I found it very interesting.
So, when I was in my undergrad program,
I decided to pursue that route of school psychology.