User:Maura52~enwiki

I am a wife, mother, & grandmother in Upstate NY, born in 1956. Volunteer in multiple programs for handicapped children 1971-1975. Hospital Candystriper and adult volunteer 1971-1979. Learning Disabilities/Elementary Education major, Kent State University, Kent, OH Aug 1975 - Dec 1976, Chi Omega, deactivated. Former NYS Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide 1978. A.S. degree in Liberal Arts from Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY, 1979. US Army Veteran, 91B Basic Medical Specialist, 91G Behavioral Science Specialist. Certified Nursing Assistant and Certified Home Health Aide 1981-2001. NYS Emergency Medical Technician 1986-1998, volunteer and commercial ambulances. Hospital phlebotomist 1988. Hospital Patient Care Technician 1989 and 2008. Additional certification never used for employment - Pharmacy Technician 1982, Cardiology Technician w/Arrhythmia Recognition 1983. Part-time employment 2005-2011 as a Lifeguard including ARC Waterfront Certified Lifeguard and Head Lifeguard. Now fully retired.

Hobbies and interests include choral singing, mountain dulcimer, kayaking, bicycling, swimming, genealogy, England, Ireland, Scotland, DNA testing, NYS travel, farmers markets, artisan foods, eating locally, CSA, weather.

Other areas of personal knowledge include nutrition, food allergies, food intolerance, dairy allergy, gluten intolerance, maltodextrin intolerance. Other knowledge not personal includes Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, drug abuse, cardiac patient.

I am a K1c2 haplogroup, my most distant female ancestor Catharine Batterby/Battersby Hassett b.c. 1800 in Ireland emigrated to US 1849.