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sending out some resumes, Blansett received the call from the campus director at Prism Career Institute in West Atlantic City, New Jersey.\u201cTeaching kind of found me,\u201d said Blansett.\u00a0 \u201cBut I\u2019m so happy I made the career change.\u201dBlansett, or \u201cMiss Mia\u201d as her students know her, always wanted a career in the healthcare field.\u00a0 After earning her bachelor\u2019s degree in exercise and movement science from William Paterson University, Blansett was working as a paraprofessional at Cherokee High School, helping a student who was suffering from cerebral palsy.\u00a0 While working there, she attended EMT school at night and ultimately decided to work as a full-time EMT and then completed a medical assistant education program.After graduation, Blansett worked for Calloway Labs doing drug testing in a pain management office before working at the Heart House as a cardiac tech.\u201cI entered the medical field because I wanted to help people on a daily basis,\u201d she said. \u201cI am a very caring and empathetic person.\u201dBlansett loves passing that caring attitude on to the students she teaches at Prism Career Institute.\u201cI feel the best when students succeed in the field and are grateful for their education,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cI love when students come back after graduation and tell me that I had an impact on their success.\u201dWith a passion to prepare students for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) certification exam, Blansett is proud of her 2013 100 percent pass rate among her students.\u201cSuccess to me is being happy,\u201d she added. \u201cI have a motto \u2013 \u2018No job is worth your misery.\u2019 Happiness is more important to me than anything else.\u201dBlansett enjoys every student with whom she interacts on a daily basis, but has two who stand out.\u201cI have two favorite student stories.\u00a0 When I first started at Prism, there was a student by the name of Jesus.\u00a0 He grew up in Atlantic City and had fallen into the gang life and had multiple problems.\u00a0 He came to school to better himself and I feel I had a big impact in that.\u00a0 He now works as a medical assistant at a pediatric practice.\u00a0 My other favorite story is recent graduate Linda Luthke.\u00a0 She was one of our older students that came to us after working in the casinos for years.\u00a0 Linda struggled at first.\u00a0 There were days in my class that she\u2019d be in tears but I always tried to help get a smile on her face.\u00a0 I pushed Linda everyday she was here and helped her achieve her goal of becoming a certified medical assistant.\u201dOutside of work, Blansett belongs to a motorcycle club, Rolling Badges LE MC, which is a law enforcement riding club.\u00a0 The organization conducts multiple events with different police agencies and other emergency services and Blansett serves as secretary of the organization.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, her favorite thing to do outside of work is ride her 2012 Harley Davidson Street Bob.\u201cThere\u2019s no better feeling then hitting the open road on two wheels.\u00a0 I have been riding for almost 10 years now,\u201d she said.When Blansett meets someone for the first time, she proudly tells him or her what she does for a living.\u201cI tell them I teach future medical assistants at Prism \u2018down the shore,\u2019 she said. \u201cI teach them how to work in doctor\u2019s offices or hospitals in the future and how to succeed.\u201d"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/prismcareerinstitute.edu\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Instructor Profile:  (Miss) Mia Blansett","item":"https:\/\/prismcareerinstitute.edu\/blog\/instructor-profile-miss-mia-blansett\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]