Certified Health Unit Coordinator
Surgical Services 

First UTSW job: Health Unit Coordinator at the then-Zale Lipshy University Hospital, fifth floor.

Best part about my job: The people that I work with and the ability to be the secretary that I am.

What energizes me at work: Being able to do my job well.

How co-workers describe me: A hard worker and go-getter.

Recipe for success: Being straightforward with my peers, because my mother raised me to be a very strong, positive Black woman.

Funniest UTSW memory: When Bruce Mickey, M.D., thought my real name was a nickname.

Hobbies: Crocheting, reading, and working crossword puzzles. My grandmother taught me to crochet, and a family friend helped me pick it up again when I got out of the service. My mother was a reader, and I also picked up working crossword puzzles from her. It helped me relax when I got out of the service.

Surprising fact: I was in the U.S. Army.

Claim to fame: People can always come to Ms. Girlie, knowing that she will know what to do, where to get it, and who to get it from.

Final note: At one time in my life I wanted to be a teacher, because I love teaching people how to do things.