Carolyn Baten Head Start Home Base Registered Nurse

First Job: Labor and Delivery RN at Fresno Community Hospital when I was 20

Birthplace: Bakersfield, CA

Years at EOC: 2 years

Best advice ever received: “The joy is in life’s journey”

Favorite advice I give: “The joy is in life’s journey.”

Favorite restaurant, dish, or pig-out food: Luna’s in Clovis

Proudest moment: Passing RN Board Exam

Greatest personal accomplishment: being married for 40 years and having 3 children and 8 grandchildren

Best vacation I’ve taken: Cruise: Miami – through the Panama Canal – and around Cape Horn, South America

Scariest experience: driving the 180 to 168 interchange

If I had a million dollars I would … treat my Home Base educators and Home Base supervisors to a “spa week” – they work hard!

 
Favorite place to shop: nothing has replaced Gottschalks

Favorite childhood memory: riding the train from California to Ohio

Words that describe me best: optimistic, friendly, with a “touch” of humor

I like to watch: the grandchildren play football, cheerlead, and play water polo.

In my spare time … a fun ride!!!