KAREN: Do you ever have an interest in going further with medicine and becoming a nurse or a doctor?

STELLA: I thought about it one time. I was really thinking about going to the PA school.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: But then I decided we wanted to build a house, and -- and that's what's keeping up our -- keeping me at home because it's -- it's -- I have another business, besides being a health aide, we have a bed and breakfast. So...

KAREN: Oh. Okay.

STELLA: And my daughter, she is just 14, so she's -- and I, you know, kind of a -- kind of a -- it's a different -- I was really young when I had my first kids, so I grew up with them.

KAREN: Hmm.

STELLA: And, you know, I just kind of grew up with them. And my last one here, I -- it's been a fun time for me because --

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: -- I raised our older, I'm raising her, and that's -- so I wanted to stay home with her.

KAREN: Okay. So where would -- if you went to PA school, physician's assistant training, where would that be?

STELLA: In Washington.

KAREN: And for how long?

STELLA: Probably two years is what it is.

KAREN: Uh-hum. Yeah. And if -- if a health aide chooses to do that kind of thing, do they pay for it themselves or would KANA pay for that advanced training?

STELLA: No, I think -- I think -- I'm not sure. I think you'd have to pay for it yourself. You'd probably have to find --

KAREN: Yeah.

STELLA: -- like any other, you know, schooling that you want to.

KAREN: Uh-hum. Any sense of if it's common that do people often go on?

STELLA: I haven't seen one from the Island, but I know of one now that wants to, you know, that's been accepted.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: So I think that's -- and I'm -- there's -- I'm sure there's younger -- younger health aides are, you know, they are bright enough that they can make it there.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: Yeah.

KAREN: All right.

STELLA: Uh-hum.

KAREN: Any other things you'd like to say about your experiences as a health aide?

STELLA: No. It's been just -- and, you know, I've enjoyed it. I had some bad times, I had some good times, so it's just -- you know, that's just the way it is, though.

KAREN: Uh-hum. Great. Well, thank you very much for --

STELLA: I hope this helped you.

KAREN: Well, I think so. If you feel good about it.

STELLA: I -- I -- I do.

KAREN: Okay.