Brooklyn Sylve

On weekdays from 8 a.m. to noon, she's assisting the nurse at MVHS. From 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., she's nannying three kids. As soon as she gets home at 6 p.m., she starts reading assigned chapters and completing online assignments from her college professors. Then, on weekends from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., she's working as an EMT in a critical care unit.

 

Health clerk Brooklyn Sylve is no stranger to a busy schedule — all throughout high school, she experimented with countless jobs, from teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to babysitting her AVID teacher's children. She says those initial babysitting experiences sparked the realization that she wanted to work with kids and pushed her to apply for the position of health clerk at MVHS.

 

"I realized that [working with kids] was something that I wanted to do, but I'm also an EMT and I enjoy the medical aspect of medicine and the human body," Sylve said. "I wanted a job that involved the two … and this was a great way for me."

 

Sylve originally planned to become a nurse, but explains that her exposure and awareness about the profession caused her to rethink her previous goal.

 

"Since the pandemic hit, I've talked to a lot of nurses and they told me about so [many] negative things and it's been discouraging," Sylve said. "I love medicine … but with this pandemic, it just made me think a lot."

 

Sylve’s backup plan was working with kids, so she decided to change directions and start pursuing an early childhood development degree. Sylve's new goal is to run a daycare out of her home, as she loved the experience of being in daycare when she was younger. Still, she's keeping her previous dream open as a potential option. 

 

"I love working with kids, so that's my long term goal, but I am also going to school for nursing so if I do decide, 'Hey, I want to go back to school,' I'll already have my bachelor's in something and have my prereqs done," Sylve said. "Hopefully in the future, if not working at a daycare, [I'll be] working at a school or somewhere where I could impact a child's life."