 Hi, my name is Jamie Richardson and I graduated from Highline College in winter of 2023 with an associates in medical assisting. I realized that my benefits to the community would be serving the community and be able to help them in a better capacity than I would at any hospital as a nurse. Highline College has helped me become a better medical assistant. They provided financial aid, scholarships for me. They also provided us with externship program. They have it for us set up with the different clinics around the area. We can actually take our national exam here at campus and it is paid for for our first exam so that we are ready to go straight into our jobs once we have graduated. The best part of the program was actually working in our clinical classes. You get to work with your instructor, you are working hands on with your fellow students and you are learning so much. Our advisors and our instructors are there to help you succeed every step of the way. That hands on experience helps me where I'm at now and I could not have done it without them. I am currently working at HealthPoint and Federal Way. I work with a small based community. It is meant for low income families. We work one on one with each person making sure that their needs are well taken care of and I could not have done this without Highline. They helped me get into this program as this was my externship and I ended up getting a job out of this as well. Definitely check out the medical assistant program here at Highline College. They will get you on the right track to go into a great career in medical assisting.