Weatherford / Parker County Animal Shelter
Mickenzy Kotarski —
Weatherford / Parker County Animal Shelter
Mickenzy Kotarski has lived in Parker County her entire life , well almost .
She attended Brock High School , swinging her way to state champs with the girl ’ s baseball team . After she graduated from Brock High School , she attended Weatherford College .
She began her nursing career , first in Corpus Christi , but after a very short time she decided she wasn ’ t ready for the big city life , and was able to get a transfer to move right back to Weatherford .
This 22-year-old bachelorette is currently a neonatal registered nurse at Medical City Arlington . According to Mickenzy , “ I love it . It ’ s a long drive but it ’ s worth it .” Some of her co-workers question the hour-long drive she makes , but for her , working with babies every shift is a great reason to make the drive .
“ They rely on us 100 percent . They are just so sweet . I want to be there for them ,” she said . She ’ s currently working on her undergraduate degree at UTA and plans to become a transport nurse . Those are the nurses that ride in the helicopters or planes that transfer sick babies to a hospital or from a hospital for treatment .
Mickenzy ’ s charity is the Weatherford / Parker County Animal shelter , a charity near to her heart .
“ If I wasn ’ t doing pediatric care , I would probably be in the vet field . I am one of those girls who stop in the middle of the road to move a turtle . I ’ m so glad I got the animal shelter ,” she said .
Although the shelter has received a lot of coverage in social media , she highlighted that it ’ s been full for a while . She ’ s working full-time and going to school full-time , but looks forward to a time where she can volunteer with the animals at the shelter . She said , “ It ’ s hard because as soon as I go in there , I just want to adopt all of them .”
Her favorite thing about Parker County is its small town feel . “ I ’ m comfortable here and everyone makes you feel welcome . You don ’ t find that everywhere ,” she said . She ’ s looking forward to getting out into the community and meeting people and admitted , “ I wasn ’ t very social in high school . I want to start getting involved in the community .”
Her co-workers are surprised when she tells them where she lives and that she has such a long commute , but it makes sense to Mickenzy . She said simply , “ I don ’ t want to leave .
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