Sheryl fulfilled her dream by becoming a medical assistant. In her role as medical assistant-referral coordinator at Sentara Family Medicine Physicians, she works with patients to connect them to specialists in order to get care faster than they could on their own.

“I’ve always wanted to be a helper and assist in administering care to those who need it. It’s rewarding to know I’ve made even the smallest difference for someone.”

Sheryl goes above and beyond to be a team player too. When EPIC upgrades rolled out for her practice, she attended training so she could instruct the practice on key changes and be a source of knowledge for her team members while they learned the new system. But the connections she’s made with her team members and other practices are not just administrative, they have developed into friendships.

“I’ve worked for Sentara for 10 years,” she notes, “and I continue to work at Sentara because I love what I do and the friendships I’ve made.”

When she’s not at work, Sheryl and her husband Greg love watching two of her children play basketball. Her daughter, Kyla, plays for St. Louis University and her son Aiden plays for First Colonial High School. They also enjoy sampling the many sweets that their other son, also named Greg, bakes for the family. He hopes one day to open his own restaurant. The family loves to walk along the beachfront, peruse the boardwalk and challenge themselves at escape rooms.