Mimma Mazzola

Mimma Mazzola said she thought about becoming a PA when her pediatrician mentioned the profession to her. “I researched the profession and just loved it,” she said. Her desire to be in the medical field was augmented by her experience working as a medical assistant at a podiatric surgical office. “It was super hands-on,” she said. “They taught me everything: how to take blood; how to treat a wound and how to care for someone who has diabetes. Each patient had a different story.”

Mazzola said she knows how busy she’ll be as a PA student but still hopes to work on her off-days in the podiatric surgical office. “I’m really interested in the journey I’m about to have,” She said. “I think our class will become a family.   “I wasn’t so involved in extra-curricular activities in high school or college, so I plan to be really involved at Touro.”

Mazolla’s family hails from Southern Italy and she can speak Sicilian.