staff spotlight.Name ... Ngozi Onunaku Time at APHSA APHSA American Public Human Services Association APHSA Association of Police Health and Safety Advisers ... Six months Title ... Program Associate with APHSA's NAPCWA NAPCWA National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators affiliate Place of Birth ... Washington, D.C. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Typical Day Starts With... My looking with disbelief at the beeping Beeping is a cellphone communications tactic where a cash-strapped cellphone caller gets the person he/she is "beeping" to call him/her back. [1] Method alarm clock that every morning challenges my wish to sleep "just 10 more minutes." I soon snap out of it and am on my way to getting ready for work: shower, dress, grab my lunch, and out the door. A colleague and I carpool car·pool n. also car pool 1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver. 2. to work, so we flip around different radio morning talk shows to catch our daily dose of news, music, jokes and celebrity gossip. My drive to work is fairly short, so I tend to eat breakfast and skim the paper once I get to work before I'm officially "on." Once I'm on, I start with yesterday's to-do list and prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. for the day. And Ends With ... A reward for myself. Since I have worked hard, I allow myself to indulge in something small but special, which may consist of: a nap, a needed run at my neighborhood park, and when I'm bad, some dessert before dinner. Also, I have a large nuclear family, and my siblings and I are very close to one another. I somehow end up talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to at least one of them before going to bed. Life Before APHSA ... Prior to APHSA I worked on early childhood issues for a number of years. I took a break in 2006 to start a business and ran it full time for a year; I continue to run it on a part-time basis. When Not Working ... I enjoy entertaining family and friends and traveling - especially taking road trips. I am very excited about my trip to Nigeria this winter. It is my parents' country, and I can't wait to see aunties, uncles and cousins and spoil myself with the beaches and good homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. food. Life After APHSA ... I have always had an interest in international child and family programs and policies. Perhaps I may get the opportunity in the future to blend my background in early child development and my new endeavors in child welfare with international work. I have also enjoyed being a mentor. A few years ago, my best friend and I created a program where we mentored adolescent girls in our families and communities. It was so rewarding. I'd like to get back to doing that. |
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