Community Category: People Matter
Alex is a Lancaster native and graduated from Buford High School in 2011. After high school, Alex attended nursing school at The University of South Carolina. She also got her master’s in nursing and is now a hospitalist nurse practitioner at MUSC-Lancaster. Alex wanted to be a nurse because she is a hands-on person and…
Chase is originally from Great Falls and moved to Lancaster in 2000. He graduated from Buford High School. When Chase was 15 years old, he started riding with deputies from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office and knew then that he wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement. When he was 21, he applied, was…
Michelle is married to her high school sweetheart, Matt Harris, a Lieutenant with the City of Lancaster Fire Department. They have three beautiful children who attend AJ High and Middle Schools. Outside of work, Michelle enjoys traveling with her family to all of her kids sporting events. Her husband talked her into becoming a volunteer…
Brandy grew up in Lancaster and graduated from Lancaster High School in 2002. After high school she attended USC-Lancaster where she was able to turn her passion for helping people and vibrant personality into a lifelong career of serving others in the nursing field. She began her career at MUSC-Lancaster while in college. Brandy has…
Marshall grew up in Concord, North Carolina. His story is amazing. Marshall grew up in a foster home for most of his childhood. He was eventually adopted. After graduating high school, Marshall joined the U.S. Navy and served until he was seriously injured. The injury took over a year of recovery. However, Marshall proved once…
Chad is from Lancaster and graduated from Lancaster High School. His dad owned CNM Appliance where he later joined the team after graduation as a repair technician for the family business, which he has done for the last 31 years. After a few years working for his father, Chad decided he wanted to donate his…
Will is a Lancaster native and graduated from Buford High School. During high school, Will worked a summer job at the Lancaster Golf Course and knew this is what he wanted to do this for the rest of his life. Will graduated from Georgetown Technical College with a degree in golf and sports turf management….
Amy is originally from Pennsylvania. She began her career with UPS, working part-time, 25 years ago. She worked the morning shift so that she could be at home with her kids in the afternoon when they got out of school. Amy later transferred to UPS in Lancaster when her mother became sick so that she…
Matthew is originally from Rocky Mountain, NC. He moved to Lancaster in 2010 and graduated from Buford High School. After high school, Matthew went straight into the work force at Charlotte Pipe in Monroe, NC. In 2014, Matthew and his wife were involved in a horrific car accident that took a year to recovery from….
Fran graduated from Lewisville High School and got married right after graduation. She attended both York Tech and then USC-Lancaster and during that time their first child arrived. She worked at Harris Teeter in Lancaster from 1982 until it closed, which is when she decided to come into First Citizens Bank to apply for a…