Education

• University of Illinois at Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy - Rockford Campus (2021-2025)
• Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL (2019-2021)
• Morrison Community High School, Morrison, IL (2015-2019)

Pharmacy Career Experiences

Meijer Pharmacy, Macheseny Park, IL - Pharmacist Intern (2023 - 2025)

Responsibilities:

• Prescription production
• Data Entry
• Maintained pharmacy equipment and information databases
• Patient service and contact
• Immunization

MercyOne Clinton Medical Center - Pharmacist Intern (2023)

Responsibilities:

• Stocked Pyxis storage devices in hospital units and satellite clinics
• Prepared patient-specific medications
• IV compounding
• Used Cerner EHR for accessing and managing patient therapy and billing information
• Ambulance medication resupply
• Pharmacy inventory management
• Helped revise the Vancomycin Dosing Protocol (Winter 2023)

Fitzgerald Pharmacy - Pharmacy Technician (2022)

Responsibilities:

• Prescription production
• Non-sterile compounding
• Maintaining pharmacy equipment and information databases
• Patient service and contact

KSB Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic Volunteer (2020)

Responsibilities:

• Assited in-clinic every Friday from 01/31/2020 to 03/13/2020 with Bryan Zobeck, PharmD
• Performed INR tests
• Filled out warfarin dose schedule cards

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE)

UI Health - Miles Square Health Center – LP Johnson (Ambulatory Care)

Rockford, IL | May 2024 - July 2024 | Preceptor: Annette Carmichael

• Rounded with medical residents during primary care visits for patients in underserved populations.
• Advised providers on chronic disease states, particularly diabetes.
• Attended weekly lectures held by clinical faculty regarding chronic disease states.
• Projects: Weekly Topic Discussions (Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, and Heart Failure),
  Pharmacotherapy in Prediabetes Case Presentation

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center (Administrative Elective)

Rockford, IL | July 2024 - August 2024 | Preceptor: Jessica M. McCuen

• Participated in daily and weekly meetings concerning inpatient pharmacy administrative tasks, drug shortages, post-event review
• Provided patient education for those discharging with anticoagulants.
• Projects: Journal Club - Tracking Changes in Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed Following the Enactment of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Mandate,
  Cost Analysis - Comparison of Vancomycin Pop-Togethers vs Standard Compound considering material costs, labor cost, wasted product, etc.

UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy (Academic Elective)

Rockford, IL | August 2024 - September 2024 | Preceptor: Allison Schriever

• Facilitated practical exercises/evaluations, including mock patient counseling, inhaler demonstrations, subcutaneous injection demonstrations, and student immunization certification.
• Contributed to writing new Top 300 drug exam questions for course assessments.
• Project: Group Debate - Benefits and Detriments of Telepharmacy Services in Rural Healthcare Settings

Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (Advanced Ambulatory Care Elective)

Rockford, IL | September 2024 - November 2024 | Preceptor: Mike Poulsen

• Outpatient pharmacy tasks include prescription production, data verification, and product verification. This included blister-card packaging/verification.
• Provided pharmacy services for the surrounding Milestone facility, among other local long-term care facilities, which care for adults with developmental disabilities, with emphasis on psychiatric medication management in complex patient cases (including clozapine REMS monitoring.)
• Coordinated multiple immunization drives for local long-term care facilities.
• Projects: Journal Club - Antipsychotic Drug Effects on Brain Morphology in First-Episode Psychosis; Drug Information Presentation - Xanomeline and Trospium Chloride Oral Capsules: A Novel Agent for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside (Inpatient Medicine Patient Care)

Rockford, IL | November 2024 - December 2024 | Preceptor: Alice Hemenway

• Daily patient workups
• Interdisciplinary rounds
• Projects: SOAP Note Presentation, Medication Use Evaluation

Advocate Sherman Hospital (Hospital/Health System)

Elgin, IL | January 2025 - February 2025 | Preceptor: Samantha Rimas

• Exposure to ED, ICU, inpatient, Coumadin Clinic, Cancer Center
• Projects: Journal Club, Clinical Questions Response

OSF St. Anthony Medical Center (Community Pharmacy)

Rockford, IL | February 2025 - March 2025 | Preceptor: Que Mohring

• Retail pharmacy practice
• Transition of care recommendations
• Projects: Heart Failure Management Topic Presentation, Heart Failure Patient Education Brochure

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE)

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Inpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (1/16/24 - 4/19/24)

• Patient workups
• Top 300 drug review
• Inpatient disease states study

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Outpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (9/1/23 - 11/17/23)

• Meds to Beds delivery
• Chart reviews
• Patient counseling
• Medication reconciliation

CVS Pharmacy Store #4269

Geneva, IL (08/31/2022 - 11/23/2022)

• Retail pharmacy operations
• Prescription processing
• Patient counseling
• Provider communication

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Inpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (1/19/2022 - 2/23/2022)

• Sterile compounding
• Medication order filling
• Omnicell systems
• Order adjustments based on renal/neonate data
• Epic EHR use

KSB Hospital

Dixon, IL (10/25/2021 - 10/29/2021)

• Dosage adjustments for AKI/CKD
• Antibiotic stewardship
• Cerner system use
• Sterile IV preparation

Leadership & Community Service

Class of 2025 Class Council - President

(2021-Current)

• Oversaw class officers
• Organized fundraisers
• Class elections and meetings coordination

Public Outreach - Operation Opioids - Presenter & Student Leader

(2023-2024)

• Presented opioid epidemic awareness
• Led student training
• Collected outreach effectiveness data

Peer Advisor for UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 Students

(2022-2023)

• Guided incoming students
• Hosted orientation events
• Advised students and supported White Coat Ceremony

Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) - Rockford Secretary (2023-2024)

• Event notifications
• Organized campus events and fundraisers

High School Pharmacy Camp 2022 - Student Guide

• Led compounding, dispensing, and Q&A sessions
• Conducted campus tours for parents

Honors & Awards

• Myron Goldsmith Memorial Scholarship (2025)
• Illinois Rural Health Association Scholarship (2025)
• Dr. Matthew A. Horney Memorial Scholarship (2024)
• Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award (2024)
• Freeport Health Network - Healthcare Career Scholarship (2023)
• UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 1983 Endowed Scholarship (2023)
• Joseph Frank Celer Scholarship (2022)
• CGH Health Foundation - Bill and Harrietta Lilly Healthcare Scholarship (2022)
• Rockford Health Careers Foundation Scholarship (2022)
• UIC College of Pharmacy Dean’s List (Fall 2021)
• Norma Poole Endowment Scholarship (2020)
• Sauk Valley Community College Dean’s List (Fall 2019)
• National Honor Society Member (2018, 2019)
• Morrison High School English Award (2019)
• Morrison High School Technology Award (2019)
• Quad-City Times Salute to Seniors Award - Humanities (2019)
• Community State Bank Scholarship (2019)
• Kris Bielema-Yours in Service Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Chamber of Commerce Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Education Foundation Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Lions Club Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Sauk Valley Community College Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Good Citizen Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Student of the Month (November 2018)