Her Story
About Katrina
Katrina serves as the lead sonographer at South Austin Medical Center in Austin, where she has worked for five and a half years. She also takes on PRN sonography roles at additional hospitals throughout the city. After earning a bachelor's degree in psychology, she spent five to six years in sales and account management before pursuing her interest in healthcare. She then completed an ultrasound program at the Baptist School of Healthcare Professions in San Antonio and transitioned into sonography. Katrina attributes her success to strong support at home and work, humility in learning, and building relationships through effective communication. She advises following one's interests with passion and drive, noting that ultrasound offers strong job security and fulfills a meaningful role in patient care, especially amid growing demand from the baby boomer population.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Katrina
01What do you attribute your success to?
Having good support both at home and professionally is very important. Being humble and learning and knowing it's okay if you're not sure of something. Building good relationships by using good communication.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
You don't have to love what you do but it's what you're going to be spending a lot of your time with so it's important that you are passionate and that you care and you have drive for what you do or else you're just gonna lose motivation. Follow whatever interests you and be the best at it or try your best at it.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Go for it. Healthcare is great because it's good job security for the most part but with ultrasound specifically it's kind of like a superpower it's very niche like it's very complicated and you have to really be open to always learning and be willing to always learn and you have to really care what you do but if you do if you're passionate about it you should absolutely go for it it's jarring you want to cry sometimes when you're in school like everyone goes through that but it's very very worth it on the end it's so fulfilling.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
More resources needed because of the baby boomer population numbers coming up with patients we're seeing. Ultrasound is very needed even though it's niche. There needs to be more places that patients can get care especially in rural areas where smaller places are closing.
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