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| Tori and her dog Ace or "Bug" as she prefers to call him in her Athens apartment |
Tori Skinner is a junior at Ohio University, she is a Nursing major and Spanish minor. Her life consists of her family and friends that are VERY important to her, she is involved in many extracurricular activities outside of her daily course load she is apart of she is a TA or (Teaching Assistant) for Anatomy and Physiology she is apart of the Relay For Life Planning committee, she enjoys life here in Athens due to the many opportunities she has received here working with the community during her different rotations in The School of Nursing with helping from “Old Folks Homes” to The Psychiatric Hospital here in Athens this quarter.
Favorites of Tori’s: | |
Store: | J.Crew |
Movie: | Remember The Titians |
Song on iPod: | Dirt Road Anthem |
Food: | Mac N’ Cheese or Pizza or Big Mac |
Season: | Spring |
Candy: | Anything Godiva |
Pop: | Diet Dr Pepper |
Animal: | Puppies |
Color: | Green |
Inspiration
Tori’s Mom, Diane is one of Tori’s biggest cheerleaders as well as molders of who she is as a young woman “My Mom has always taught me treat others the way you want to be treated,” Tori says. She admires the hard work and drive her mother has and says that is one of the main reasons she is so determined in both her school work and creating long lasting relationships with others
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| Tori and her mother Diane Skinner at Rio's here in Athens,OH. |
Tori’s Grandmother “Beezy,” as Tori calls her is another of Tori’s greatest influences in her life. Her grandmother was a school teacher for 50 years, she is now retired and take care of Tori’s grandfather who has Dementia which is not an easy disease to battle with. “She’s such a strong woman and someone who has always pushed people to do their best how could you not look up to her?” Tori say’s. Values and being yourself are two very important parts of who Tori is today, these are things that have been communicated to Tori by these influential women in her life up until this point, and many more years to come.
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| Brittney Snyder (left), Tori Skinner (right), In Gordy Hall in front of the Nursing School |
Career
Tori’s career path landed in the Nursing field by a stroke of luck. Tori had been accepted into the Pharmacy program here at Ohio University, however in High school she had to have her appendix out one thing lead to another and she began talking with her Nurse Anesthetist before her surgery was to begin and that got her heels a turning in her head as to this is the career she wanted to pursue. She enjoys the aspect of having a more hands on relationship and enjoys that you get to learn about the patients more on a personal level rather than filling their prescriptions.
Down the Road
From school Tori hopes to pursue a career for a year as a nurse once she graduates from OU she will have her BSN, which is a step up from an RN. After working for a year she wants to pursue a graduate program somewhere in Ohio more than likely “the Ohio State University,” she says. She wants to either become a Nurse Practitioner or a Nurse Anesthetist. She hopes to one-day work in Nationwide Children’s Hospital. “I don’t know if I wanted to be married down the road in 10 or 15 years, but I would like to be happy in all my relationships especially my personal one.”
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