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Tierney Munday is majoring in emergency medical service here at Sinclair because she is passionate about working in the service field. She has always wanted to serve and improve the community, and she hopes to one day reflect upon the difference she made.\n\u201cI feel like it\u2019s pretty much a humanitarian job. I really consider myself a humanitarian,\u201d said Munday. \u201cI just really want to help my community. I want to be a part of making it a better place.\u201d
\nMunday considers herself both an aspiring emergency medical technician and also a hard working mother. Munday is a mother of a six-year-old daughter, Mikyla and a three year old son ,Carmine. She tries to live her life leading by example for her children. Munday wants her children to observe her studying so that they understand the value of working hard. Sometimes Munday shows her books to her children and explains to them what she is learning.
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\nAccording to Munday, life is not all about money. She wishes to instill this value in her children. She teaches them to be generous.
\n\u201cI want them to be more like givers. I want them to grow up having that giving mentality\u2013what can they do? It\u2019s not all about \u2018what can I get, what can I take?\u2019 I want them to grow up thinking, \u2018what can I give?\u2019\u201d said Munday.
\nMunday and her children spend time together, often crafting. Munday said her favorite thing to do is improve the interior design of her house. She likes everything from decorating a room to taking on a home improvement project.
\n\u201cI\u2019m just really like a homebody,\u201d said Munday.
\nShe encourages her children to create pieces of artwork which decorate the house.
\nHiking is another activity Munday and her children do together. They often go to Charleston Falls and Clifton Mills. Munday also dreams of exploring and doing \u201csolo vacations,\u201d meaning that she wishes to travel alone.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not really afraid of solitude,\u201d she said.
\nMunday has tentative plans to travel this July.
\nMunday is a server at the Texas Roadhouse in Huber Heights. She enjoys the company of her coworkers and she likes the fast pace of the restaurant business.
\n\u201cI like being under pressure. I like thriving under pressure,\u201d explains Munday.
\nShe said this ability to thrive under pressure will help her succeed in the emergency medical service field.
\nMunday stresses the importance of a supportive, meaningful network of people around her. Sometimes she questions herself, thinking things like \u201cI don\u2019t know if I can do this. I don\u2019t know if I can get through it,\u201d but she can quickly turn those thoughts around with the help of the encouragement of her instructors.
\nThe emergency medical technician program makes Munday feel that she has turned into a whole new person with a new meaning in life. Munday said that the very realistic prospect of becoming an emergency medical technician gives her the meaningful life fulfillment she has been seeking for years.
\nMunday changed her major a number of times. She values and appreciates the emergency medical service program the most.
\n\u201cI\u2019m so thankful I finally found my niche,\u201d she said.
\nAs words of encouragement to other students, Munday offered:
\n \u201cDon\u2019t give up. It doesn\u2019t matter if you changed your major two or three or four times, there\u2019s going to be that perfect program out there, and you\u2019ll know it when it comes.\u201d Munday reflected upon her decision to work toward the emergency medical technician certification by stating that \u201cIt\u2019s pretty much been life changing for me, to be a part of this.\u201d
\nMunday rated the emergency medical service program as outstanding. She reported that the professors are caring, encouraging, dedicated and flexible.
\n\u201cThe EMS office, they\u2019re just so supportive. They\u2019re really amazing. I definitely want to give them a shout out because they really care,\u201d said Munday. \u201cThe teachers at Sinclair, it\u2019s like they\u2019re true teachers. They\u2019re not just talking to you, telling you information, they\u2019re truly trying to get you to comprehend everything.\u201d
\nMunday said that she does not want to be an emergency medical technician because of the salary.
\n\u201cI\u2019m doing this for the meaningfulness of it,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m doing this so I can sleep better at night.\u201d
\nMunday takes this job seriously and said that in order to be an effective emergency medical technician, one must truly care about people.
\nMunday stated that she does not let her children become an excuse for why she can\u2019t, but rather views it as being \u201calmost more imperative to make it happen.\u201d It is important to Munday to be a good role model for her children by keeping a positive mindframe, keeping herself surrounded with positive people and staying involved in positive activities.
\nAs if Munday did not already have a full plate, she also volunteers at the local Dayton program, Dayton Crayons to Classrooms. Munday hopes to soon volunteer at Dayton Children\u2019s Medical Center, the Red Cross, the Humane Society of Greater Dayton and SICSA.
\nMunday\u2019s love of animals extends to her own dog, who is half pit-bull and half American bulldog. She thinks that people give pit bulls a bad reputation and says, \u201cI have a huge soft spot in my heart for pit bulls.\u201d
\nMunday is feeling confident about her studies.
\n\u201cThe end of the class is approaching and I feel like I\u2019ve got my game face on,\u201d said Munday. \u201cI\u2019m just ready to knock this out and I\u2019m ready to have this accomplishment under my belt.\u201d
\nMunday expects to graduate with her emergency medical technician certificate this May.<\/p>\n