Influential Woman · Medical/Healthcare
Tangela Dent
Practice Coordinator, West Boca Medical Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Her Story
About Tangela
I am a practice coordinator at West Boca Medical Center, where I help patients with their appointments, scheduling surgeries, and other needs. I've been doing medical work for about 40 years now, and it's very inspiring and inspirational to me. My main area of expertise is customer service. What I'm most proud of in my career is helping people and going beyond my call of duty because they need my help, so I go beyond what I need to do to help them. I actually started out wanting to be a policeman, but that didn't work out. I shot the gun one time and I was like, no, I can't do that. I prefer helping people and negotiations, helping people that need my help. In addition to my work at the medical center, I'm also a licensed cosmetologist and I still work in that part-time. I've received awards at work for being an outstanding employee. My goal for the future is to be a business owner and I'm in the midst of trying to get everything together for that.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Tangela
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
You gotta love what you do. If you don't love it, you shouldn't get in it. Don't get in it because of the pay. If you don't love it, you'll get stressed and angry because you don't like what you're doing. Get in it because you love it, and the pay will come.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
You always have challenges, just like any other field. The key is to help the patients as much as you can.
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