Jodie Fuller

Twenty years sounds like such like a long time! It sure doesn't feel like it has been that long, but looking back I have realized that there has been a lot of water under the bridge since high school. There have been lots of great times, and like everyone, I have had my challenges, too. Here are some of the highlights...

After graduation, I left Los Alamos to move back to Colorado where I lived until I was 12. Most of my family was there and this was where I decided I wanted to go to college. I started a 10 year plan at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley where I learned to enjoy life to its fullest; unfortunately, I did not spend much time with my nose in the books.

After 1 ½ years, I decided that the university was not for me and went to EMT school at the local community college. I promptly got a job with a busy ambulance company in Denver (and surrounding suburbs) after completing my training in 1992. I stayed with this job for the next 3 ½ years. This job was very exciting (sometimes scary) and ended being such an eye opener for me. Talk about culture shock! I learned so much about our society, human nature, and most of all, I learned a ton about myself. Through this experience, I learned that I was very drawn to helping others and caring for people. So I went back to UNC to finish up my course work for nursing school.

I started nursing school in 1995 and graduated in 1997. I found my niche in the maternal/child area of nursing. After 3 years, I decided to go back to school and started my master's program in 2000. I graduated with my master's in nursing education in Dec 2002. The following Feb I started contract teaching with the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center; teaching nursing students in the clinical setting in addition to my staff nurse position at University of Colorado Hospital.

This clinical teaching position grew into my current full time faculty position at the University Of Colorado School Of Nursing. I also still do some staff nursing shifts on a busy labor and delivery unit in Denver. I love to teach and I love bedside nursing, so I have the best of both worlds.

I currently live in Westminster Colorado with my 2 very spoiled pets; a 6 year old beagle, "Buster" and my 3 year old cat, "Tucker". I have never been married, and I do not have any kids. I have run across plenty of "mister right-now's", but I just have not found "mister right". My Mom finally moved back to the Denver area a few years ago, so most of my family is here in Colorado. I love the outdoors, and spend as much time as I can skiing, biking, camping...

I have been very lucky to have stayed in touch with a few of my friends from high school; but I am really looking forward to seeing everyone else at the reunion in July.

Jodie