Although she was a few minutes late, I arrived at the interview fifteen minutes early because I knew Mrs. Olivia Robertson was fond of being on time. "Sorry I'm late, I was just heating up my lunch" she said. We walked extremely fast to her office, sat down and began conversing. She never touched her food. Her office was big and decorated with pictures; pictures on the wall showed her and her husband along with their 2 kids. It was a bit cluttered, but she apologized immensely for not having cleared the boxes that sat in the corner. She seemed to be very organized. Everything had a place, and was in it. Olivia Robertson, "whether she liked it or not" was forced to move to New Orleans from Atlanta by her husband after graduate school in 2005. She figured "Well If he came to Atlanta for me, I could move to New Orleans for him." She began working at a clinic about three years ago, hoping to eventually open up her own practice. She started in social work while finishing graduate school. "Going into peoples homes ripping their children from them was one of the hardest thing I've ever had to do." she expressed with great sadness the misfortune of working in social work. However, she realized she had to do what she had to do to get to where she was going. …show more content…
Her dream was having her full masters in psychology, and opening up her own practice serving all sorts of people with all sorts of issues. She envisioned her dream and went after it, something I aspire to do. With all her hard work and dedication she is now living her