Karina Huerta Health Services Clinic On Call Medical Assistant

First Job: Mail Clerk with IRS

Birthplace: Los Angeles

Years at EOC: 1 year 11 months

Best advice ever received: “If you don’t succeed on the first try, just remember no matter how hard the obstacle is, just keep on trying and don’t let go of your dreams.”

Favorite advice I give: “Don’t let anyone tell you that you cannot do something, because you can.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: my aunt’s delicious shrimp soup

Proudest moment: my son getting 100% in math out of the whole class

Greatest personal accomplishment: succeeding in life while being a single mother

Best vacation I’ve taken: when we went to Mexico for Christmas and all the family got together

Last good movie I saw : it’s hard to chose between Mega Mind and Tangled

 
If I had a million dollars I would … go on a world tour and donate some money to cancer centers.

 
Favorite place to shop: Fashion Fair Mall

Favorite childhood memory: the day I got my first bike; it was given to me by my uncle

I like to watch: CSI NY and Criminal Minds

In my spare time … I like to listen to music and read.

If I've learned one thing in life, it is ... never give up and always look forward