🚨 The Victory is Real! Next Stop: The Interview 🐺✨

It's really, really official now! I am Joan Elizabeth Burgos, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), License No. PC019845 (see attached LICENSE).

The Next Step: Because the universe moves fast, I have already notified the recruiter at my dream job—UPMC Western Psychiatric—and I have an interview with the Program Manager this coming Wednesday, January 14th.

While the license is secured, I still face the literal "cost of movement." This interview is in Wexford, PA, which is roughly 20 miles north of my current location.

The Reality: Public transit to Wexford involves a 2+ hour commute each way and walking along highway shoulders.

The Need: To arrive safe, professional, and ready to secure this career, I need to navigate these final onboarding logistics and transportation costs (Lyfts to hospitals, transit passes, and survival until that first paycheck).

Whether you gave $5 or $400, you are the reason I am still in this fight. I am so close I can taste the stable, independent life ahead of me. If you can help me cross this final gap for transit and survival, I can finally stop surviving and start building.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund
https://venmo.com/joanburgos
https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc

Thank you for seeing me when I was discouraged. Now, let’s get me to that interview!

Joan "Ellis" Burgos, MA, LPC 😊

#LPC #LicensedProfessionalCounselor #Therapist #MentalHealthProfessional #CareerUpdate #NewJob #Licensed #Pittsburgh #PittsburghPA #SteelCity #Wexford #PA #412 #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #GoFundMe #Crowdfunding #CommunitySupport #DirectAid #UPMC #WesternPsych #MentalHealth #ClinicalMentalHealth

This stuff shouldn't happen in a country as rich as ours. Healthcare is a nightmare and it gets worse and worse every day that goes by.

https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/class-action-suit-seeks-to-uphold-in-network-drug-benefits-for-ligonier-pharmacy-customers/

#HealthCare #UPMC #Highmark #ExpressScripts

Student newspaper FTW!
#transgender kids apparently getting shadow banned care in #pittsburgh
(no response from #UPMC 😡 )

#trans #Pitt

https://pittnews.com/article/194948/top-stories/multiple-families-of-trans-kids-denied-gender-affirming-medications-at-upmc-childrens-hospital-of-pittsburgh

#UPMC Memorial Hospital Shooting: Officer Killed, Multiple Injured in York County Tragedy

https://newz.wiki/crime/upmc-memorial-hospital-shooting-officer-killed-multiple/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

News Haber EshaHaber Son dakika... ABD'de hastaneye korkunç saldırı: Çok sayıda doktor ve hemşire yaralı: Son dakika haberi... ABD’de gerçekleştirilen silahlı saldırılara bir yenisi daha eklendi. Pensilvanya eyaletine bağlı York şehrindeki UPMC Memorial Hastanesi’nde silahlı saldırı düzenlendi.

ÇOK SAYIDA DOKTOR VE HEMŞİRE YARALANDI

Saldırıda en az 2 kolluk görevlisi, çok sayıda doktor ve hemşire… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/son-dakika...-abd-de-hastaneye-korkunc-saldiri-cok-sayida-doktor-ve-hemsire-yarali-206797.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #SonDakika #ABD #SilahlıSaldırı #UPMC #Hastane

A glaring example of the fact that just because a medical organization is declared non-profit absolutely does not mean that profit isn't the biggest concern.
https://www.wtae.com/article/upmc-jet-florida/62283165

#MedicalCare #hospitals #upmc #capitalism

My new doctor's office has holding music that gives UPMC's melodramatic tunes a run for their money.

#UPMC #pittsburgh #pgh #HoldingMusic