4 FEBRUARY 2022 EDITOR’S NOTE I don’t consider myself an outdoorsy person. I’ve gone camping, boating, fishing, swimming – all the typical outdoor activities – but I’d rather cuddle up in my bed with a good book or television series. Henry Wagy might be considered my opposite. The Brophy sophomore is an avid outdoorsman who knows how to fish – so well, in fact, that he and his team were recently minted as the USA Youth World Fly Fishing Team. In July, Henry and five others will head to Trentino, Italy, to compete for the 2022 FIPS Mouche Youth World Competition. “Being on the youth team feels almost surreal since I have had the goal of being on the team since I was 10,” Henry said. “I looked up to the five guys on the world team. They were the best of the best, and now I am part of Team USA and the World Team.” All of us at Arcadia News wish Henry and his teammates the best of luck – and “tight lines and bent rods!” [as they say in the fishing community] as they represent our country this summer. Look for an update in the fall. We’re also highlighting Xavier senior Kate Blair this month. When Kate was in elementary school, her sister was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects young children. After learning of the diagnosis, Kate kick- started a fundraising program and raised $150,000 for her sister’s nonprofit, the EBB Foundation. She took her advocacy even further by starting a podcast and writing a children’s book using conversations with her family as the basis of the book. To say Kate is a busy person is an understatement! Arcadia News is preparing for the next installment of the Arcadia Podcast, Arcadia Home & Design and the Arcadia Camp Guide . From the looks of it, we’re all staying busy and continuing in our hope for a successful new year. Have an amazing February, and thank you for reading Arcadia News , you for reading Mallory Gleich UPCOMING THEMES: No one has better coverage in the areas of Arcadia, Biltmore and the Camelback Corridor. Promote your business to 45,000 loyal Arcadia News readers. For more: 602-840-6379 or email roni@arcadianews.com . MARCH Spring & Arcadia Home + Design APRIL Our 30th Anniversary & Camp Guide MAY Celebrating Women “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman How does it feel to be awarded? Oh my gosh! I was super surprised and extremely grateful to be acknowledged in this way. I feel truly honored and seen. How long have you been a nurse at Arcadia High? I volunteered as a parent in the nurse’s office when my son attended Arcadia in 2009 with Nurse Brenda. In 2015 I became a substitute nurse with the district and took a position at Arcadia in 2018. I have worked as a substitute nurse at Hopi, Kiva, Desert Mountain and Coronado. How long have you been in the nursing industry? Since 2014 – which seems like yesterday! Before that, I had a completely different career in finance and worked as a Registered Representative at Charles Schwab and as a Sr. Registered Client Financial Service Rep at UBS Financial. Upon graduating from nursing school, and after my son was born, I worked as an addiction nurse at Community Bridges and then as a behavioral health nurse at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. I learned so much about dealing with adolescents. Best part about being a nurse? My favorite part is assessing my students and putting the pieces together to determine how I can best help. Not everything is Band- Aids and ice, but listening to what’s happening from their viewpoint and seeing their world perspective. Additionally, I get to see students mature over the years, and that truly is a gift to see our children become young adults. My favorite professor told me that I was destined to be in a Public Health setting from day one. I guess she was right! What’s it like being a nurse in this environment? At this point, I feel we have fought the good fight with a virus and are learning to live with it. The past two years have been challenging and frustrating for families and healthcare workers. One has to have thick skin to become a nurse because you cannot take things personally, or you cannot do your job. As a parent, I know how frustrating it’s been with the rules, restrictions and inconveniences so I can empathize with parents and students. My co-nurse, Becky Franson, is a sounding board in figuring out “COVID math problems” as we work together. What do you struggle with most? It used to be telling students that they were in close contact and had to miss so many school days, but the rules have changed. I now struggle with the students’ loss of communication skills and the loss of a year and not getting to know our new students. We started on time in August, but the sophomores missed a normal introduction to freshman year, so it seems like a year just disappeared. Where did you grow up? I grew up in the beautiful city of Chicago and moved here in 1995. I was watching an episode of 90210 in my dorm room, and Donna (aka Tori Spelling) was Christmas shopping in shorts and a cardigan, and I thought to myself, “Why am I freezing to death each winter in the Midwest and I do not have to be?” and I made a plan to visit and move to L.A. I was expecting it to be like Chicago, and it was not, so when I visited Phoenix a month later and was blown away at how beautiful it was and how easy it was to navigate, I moved here a few years later. 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