10 Trudeau Truths with CSS Customer Support Rep Lori Fortune
You know them as the educators, caregivers and leaders who work to keep everything running smoothly so that our clients at the Trudeau Memorial Center can have the best experience possible. But what are they like when they’re off the clock?
Here’s a chance to get a more personal look at the people who make up the team at Trudeau… 10 questions at a time.
Meet Lori Fortune, Customer Support Rep on our CSS team, and a musical theater buff who can act, sing, and dance! In this edition of “Get to Know Trudeau,” Lori shares the moment a client’s joy told her she’d done her job right, and what she wishes more people understood about the individuals we support: they’re not broken and they don’t need fixing, they want respect. Read the full spotlight, plus who Samson and Jules are, and what they have to do with it, below.
10 Trudeau Truths with Lori Fortune
1. What inspired you to pursue a career in human services?
I have a deep desire to help others. I have always been a person that when I saw someone in need, it would make me act and want to help them where I could. I believe in creating a positive change for them.
2. What do you find most rewarding about your job?
Seeing the impact it has on others; and solving issues and taking on new challenges.
3. Can you describe a memorable moment or success story from your time working at Trudeau?
I was teaching a client a new activity and seeing the joy and happiness of them learning it, which brought much excitement for them, and that in itself made me feel that I had accomplished a goal with them.
4. What’s something about people with differing abilities (or working with them) that you wish other people knew or better understood?
That they are just like you and me; they have the same needs, wants and desires, and that they are not broken or needing to be fixed, but want to be respected.
5. What’s your favorite way to spend a weekend?
To be surrounded by my family and friends and happy people enjoy going places and doing things or simply staying home with a movie or a good book.
6. Favorite book, movie, and/or TV show.
Favorite Book: I don’t have one, but anything in Mysteries, Crime Drama, or Gothic Romance
Favorite TV Show: I have several too many too list, Comedies, and Saga’s or Mysteries
Favorite Movie: Again, too many to list, but The Wizard of Oz.
7. Do you have any pets?
Yes, 1 Dog-Black Lab named Samson, and 1 Cat-Tabby named Jules.
8. What’s your favorite food?
Mexican and Italian are my favorites, but I also love Thai, Chinese and Indian food.
9. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
I would go to Spain, love the lifestyle and food, and Egypt, to see the Pyramids, or Australia, because of the weather, and the landscape.
10. What’s a fun fact about you that most people don’t know?
I am a Musical Theater buff, I studied it in high school and college, and I can Act, Sing, and Dance.
