Julie Moore

I've been working in healthcare for over 26 years as a pharmacy technician. My work focuses on helping patients get their medications approved through insurance appeals. I thoroughly review their chart notes and medication history, looking at the criteria set by insurance companies to argue why patients should receive their medications. At the end of the day, it's really all about helping my patients. When I first started as a pharmacy tech, I was homeless and living in a shelter with my family. My trainer gave me a 3:30 to midnight shift, and I didn't have a car, so I had to catch the train and then walk really far from the train station to the shelter after dark. It was scary, but I did what I had to do because I had a husband and kids waiting for me at that shelter. I saved half of each paycheck until I had enough money to put something down on a small two-bedroom townhouse. It got us out of the shelter, and we haven't been homeless since. That experience keeps me motivated to work hard, stay afloat, and never give up. I believe the sky's the limit for my future. I may stay in pharmacy or healthcare, or I may branch off and try something different. I'm 48 years old now, and all of my children are almost adults. I've even thought about going back to school to become a pharmacist.