 So thank you so much for coming on today, Ms. Page. Like I said, my name is Willil Sales. I'm from Edelwha County, and I am one of the Alabama 4-H State Ambassadors 2020-2021 members. Ms. Page, could you please introduce yourself? Hey, I'm Pay Chauvin. I am a registered dental hygienist in Gaston, Alabama at Pediatric Industry East. Thank you. All right, so let's get started. Why did you become a dental hygienist? I became a dental hygienist by accident. Well, I came to the industry by accident, honestly. I was working at a daycare. I had recently been divorced. I was like, what? It's time to choose your path. So I had a friend who went to dental assistant school and she loved it. So I thought, why not get her off? And I jumped in and loved dentistry, everything about it. So that's kind of how I came into it. And then I started working and went to dental hygiene school. So I just kind of worked up since then. All right. So how would you become a dental hygienist? How do you become a dental hygienist? Okay, so in the state of Alabama, there's two ways of becoming a dental hygienist. You can do a two to four year college while the state offers that program. It will allow you at the end to have a degree of dental hygiene. You can go on and get a master's. You will have a national hygiene license. So that's the first option. The second option is you can work as a dental assistant for two years and your office can opt to send you to the Alabama Dental Hygiene Program at UAV. And that program is a year. So it's a, sorry. That's the path that I chose. I was a dental assistant for two years and then went to the Alabama Dental Hygiene Program at UAV. So when you finish that program, you only have a license to work in the state of Alabama. That license does not carry to any other state. Okay. And that's one of the drawbacks to that. But, you know, if you're not planning on moving out of Alabama, then it works perfectly fine. You, so what does a day as a dental hygienist look like for you? Every day is a little different. A lot of factors go into what your day looks like. How many doctors do you have? How many assistants do you do? I mean, no day looks the same. Especially working in P.B. Asterix, you know? So, but I guess in general, you know, you put on all your PPE, which is all kind of crazy to everybody right now, but you just try to make the best of your day, clean teeth. But there's factors as to what your day is gonna look like. I love that diversity. You usually have that diversity every day. You just suit up and do whatever is like that. Whatever gets you. Okay, so with that being said, what is the best thing about your job? I love, this is my favorite part. I love working with kids. I think I just don't think I would ever be able to work with adults. I love working with kids. They're fun. You can be laid back. It's not so stuffy. You can just kind of have fun with them. But my absolute favorite part is just having a kid who comes in, who's apprehensive, scared. They had a bad experience at another office and I'm able to make them feel comfortable and welcome and loved and cared for and stay in the dentist. I love that. So with that, what is the most difficult thing about your job? Time management. Time management is really difficult. Staying on task, on target with your time. If your patient comes in late, your whole day. Just trying to just stay on top of every little thing. Our assistants help us run on time and help us keep things moving and on task and we could not do our jobs without them. Pretty much timing is huge. Yeah. So through all of that, how do you stay motivated? I know you're a busy woman because I have the honor of working with you and you have a family. How do you stay motivated in your job and is your home life? I'm not work ethic. I think just kind of keeps me motivated. I love getting up. I love going to work. I've always worked since I was 15, just like you. I had to work for me and I went to work every day and I've just always had to. So it's just what I do. It's in my bones, it's in my blood. That's what we do. All right. So would you recommend your career? I would absolutely recommend my career. It really, there's room for growth. It's so diverse. You work with so many different kinds of people, you know, of all different backgrounds and religions and cultures like it's really diverse. So you're exposed to, you're open-minded to a lot more which is coming in contact with different people. All right. If you had a chance to go back, would you choose a different career? I think I have filled my calling. So I wouldn't say that I would choose a different career. If I could go back in addition, then I don't even know how I would work it out, but in my fantasy bubble that I would do, I would like to be some sort of counselor, a marriage counselor, some sort of, I don't even know, but something, some sort of counselor. I think she's drawn my way. I would just love to be able to help and also maybe have a game, something that I may be able to do. Okay. My last question, what advice would you give the youth like me who's interested in your career? Just like, just dig into what you're doing. Ask those hard questions, go to different occupations, different fields, and just say what they have to offer, what strengths are there, what weaknesses are there. And it's, you know, not gonna find, it may not be your first opportunity to go into. So just seek a realm, take your time, make sure you wanna do. All right. Well, thank you so much for spending just all the questions I had. Was there anything that you would like to add or any questions you would like to ask? That's pretty much it, you know, just I would really urge everybody to be like Willow. Just dig into it and see what works for your lifestyle, your interests, your hobbies, make yourself happy in the long run. Thank you. You're welcome.