Saying Yes: How an Internship Became the Start of My Career at Your Health

I’m excited to share that my journey with Your Health is continuing. After completing my internship, I’ll be joining the organization full-time as a Senior Solutions Advisor in Charleston.

When I look back on this experience, one word keeps coming to mind: YOUR.

It represents not only the organization I’ve had the opportunity to learn from, but the lessons that shaped my internship: Yes. Obligation. Unity. Ready.

Y is for Yes

This internship was built on saying yes.

Yes to opportunities. Yes to challenges. Yes to assignments I wasn’t completely sure how to tackle yet. And yes to stepping into rooms, conversations and experiences I never expected to have as an intern.

I rode alongside nurse practitioners and case managers, spent time with leadership, helped plan symposiums, developed presentations and even supported work surrounding a company merger.

I wasn’t simply watching the organization grow — I was given opportunities to contribute to that growth.

Saying yes before I necessarily felt ready transformed this internship from something observational into meaningful, hands-on experience.

O is for Obligation

One of the most important things I learned is that everything we do ultimately comes back to one thing: our patient.

Every call. Every meeting. Every spreadsheet. Every new idea.

While researching census data in Georgia, the numbers represented more than market information — they helped us understand communities and their access to healthcare. Calling facilities wasn't simply outreach; it was an opportunity to create new connections that could ultimately give patients access to more consistent primary care.

That became even more real during the five weeks I spent working two days each week inside TerraBella in Athens.

Being inside the facility allowed me to see firsthand how presence, communication and follow-through shape a patient’s experience. Even something as simple as helping lead Wednesday Walk Clubs with Peanut, a miniature poodle, reinforced how relational healthcare really is.

Our obligation to patients isn’t only clinical. It’s operational, relational and constant.

Every decision should ultimately answer the same question: Does this lead to better care for our patient?

U is for Unity

Before this internship, I understood healthcare at a much more surface level. Now I understand just how interconnected it really is.

I experienced growth from the ground up — researching markets and cold calling facilities in Athens, then later working inside one of those facilities as Your Health expanded its presence there.

I researched regions, helped create maps showing current coverage and future expansion opportunities, developed surveys to evaluate facility performance and participated in conversations across departments.

What became clear is that success in healthcare requires more than clinical excellence. It requires alignment.

Alignment between teams. Between strategy and execution. Between growth and quality. Between the people developing ideas and the people carrying them forward.

Even helping launch an internal Your Hospice campaign showed me how important communication is within an organization.

Every department plays a role in the patient experience, and the strongest healthcare organizations are the ones working together toward the same goal.

R is for Ready

This internship gave me experience in outreach, strategy, operations, marketing and business development. I worked alongside leadership, collaborated across departments and contributed to projects that are actively being used within the organization.

But the most valuable thing I gained was confidence in how to approach the work.

I learned how to solve problems, communicate professionally, take initiative and become comfortable figuring things out as I go.

Being ready doesn’t mean knowing everything.

It means being willing to learn.

If you had asked me before this internship whether I would feel comfortable doing many of the things I’ve now done, my answer probably would have been no.

Today, my answer is different.

Today, I say yes.

And I’m incredibly excited that my next yes is becoming a full-time member of Your Health as a Senior Solutions Advisor in Charleston.