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By Matt Skoufalos Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cryssie Tino describes herself as a tomboy — which is another way to say she was active enough to sustain her share of injuries. After breaking the same arm for the third time, she remembers thinking that the...

Growing up in Adairville, Kentucky, a small town of about 1,200 people on the Tennessee state line, Tony Thurmond knew that if he wanted to see the world, he’d have to first escape the rural community in which he was reared.

After two decades in nursing, Granado still relies on a deeply rooted ability to care for her fellow humans, as well as the strong work ethic cultivated throughout her youth, in her daily routines at SCA Health Texas Health Surgery Center Arlington, in Arlington, Texas.

Asked how she got the idea to enter a career in nursing, Jane Flowers said she came by it naturally. “It seemed like something that would be good for me,” Flowers said. “It was a good fit. I am mechanical by nature, so the OR worked really well for me. I like tools.”