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Hi there. Thank you for being here. My name is Alicia. I’m a thirty something physician assistant living and working in central Pennsylvania. My husband, John, is a doctor. We have been practicing medicine for 11 years. We have one young daughter and two cats.  I’m an introvert who needs extroverts to adopt me! I enjoy drinking coffee and wine, any kind of shopping, traveling, and rewatching the same shows and movies that I know I like. 

I also enjoy writing, and have felt called to create a blog for some time now. So, this is me blogging. I decided to call my blog, “Let’s talk, FAM.” I believe knowledge is power, so my goal is to write to educate and empower. The acronym, FAM, stands for the main focus of my content, finances and medicine. But is also a term of endearment, fam, for YOU, dear reader. I’m so glad that you’re here.

I believe finances and medicine are two areas that affect all of us, whether we choose to educate and empower ourselves or not. I want you to feel in control of these areas of your life, not that things are happening to you! While some things are out of our control, many are not. My goal is to provide financial and medical information in digestible weekly posts. I hope you learn something that informs you or inspires you to take action and tell others about what you learned, so that they might do the same. Please let me know in the comments how I can best serve you. What topics would you like me to cover? I’m excited to start this journey and learn alongside you. Let’s do this! 

Until next post, give yourself and others some grace. Maybe, like me, you or someone you encounter is starting something new. No one is a master in the beginning. So start. Show up even if you’re struggling. Do it afraid. Learn as you go. I’m rooting for you.

- Alicia

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