KAREN: What are some of the things you could say that you have -- you've learned, just for you personally, some of the -- from being a health aide?

STELLA: Personally, I -- being a health aide, I think I've learned about, you know, how -- learning about -- about medicine, how -- how important it is to be, you know -- to, like, exercise, to eat right, to -- to take care of yourself.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: Uh-hum. And you learn that smoking is not good for you. What it does to you. And alcohol and drugs and all, you know, they teach you a lot of those things.

KAREN: Uh-hum. What about more how it's affected you in the way you approach life and the world? Has it affected you in any way that way?

STELLA: Yes, it has. It -- you know, I'm more aware of, I guess, how people feel, or how -- I don't know how to put it. Gosh. I just lost it. Sorry.

KAREN: No, that's okay. I was thinking of another way to ask it that might help you explain what you're thinking.

You know, I guess it's how has it changed your outlook on life, affected your outlook on life, your experiences as a health aide?

STELLA: Yes, it has, because I'm more, you know, cautious of doing things, you know.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: Of doing.

KAREN: Has it changed how you live your life? I guess that's a good way to --

STELLA: Yeah. How -- how I live my life. Yeah.

KAREN: Yeah.

STELLA: Uh-hum.

KAREN: Okay.

STELLA: I've learned, you know, some bad -- some foods are bad for you, so I try not to, you know, or overeat, or you know, exercise is good for you, and all those things, you know, I really didn't know before.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: And I've learned from my training. And I guess in that -- in fact, I grew for myself, I -- I became more -- that I knew that I could do things. I could do something.

KAREN: Yeah. That -- that's kind of what I was -- that answer was where I was going, yeah, how it's affected you.

STELLA: Uh-hum. I can -- I realized that I can be something or do something.

KAREN: Uh-hum. That's great. That's important.