[SPOKANE, Wash.] --When Sarah Fisher first joined the nine-month-long pharmacy technician program at Spokane Community College, she knew it was where she was meant to be, she just didn’t know exactly where it’d end up leading her.
18 years after enrolling in the SCC pharmacy technician program, Fisher is getting ready to complete the final months of her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Washington State University’s Spokane site.
“I graduated as a certified pharmacy technician from SCC in 2008 and immediately got a job at Saint Luke's rehab which is a local hospital,” Fisher said. “Shortly after that, I started volunteering at Spokane Community College for the lab portion of the pharmacy tech program.”
After Fisher began volunteering, Pharmacy Technician Program Director Sandi Tschritter invited Fisher on a as a board member for the pharmacy technician student advisory program where board members review practices and implement changes, constantly in pursuit of improvements so future pharmacy technicians are fully equipped with tools for success.
Fisher re-enrolled at SCC in 2017 to complete her prerequisites for the WSU PharmD program where she gained an early acceptance.
“I just knew that becoming a pharmacist was going to be my career path so I re-enrolled at, Spokane Community College as a returning student.” she said. "When I applied to the pharmacy technician program at Spokane Community College, I knew right away that this was going to be a really positive direction for me."