PLP 2010 Profile: Chelsea Savage
Mar 31 2010 - 11:33pm
Name: Chelsea Savage
Age: 39
Born: Born in Richmond and grew up in York County/Newport News
Current Digs: Richmond
Occupation: Registered Nurse/Health Care Risk Manager
Favorite part about the job? I can be part of the solution in complex patient/provider interactions.
Your first job ever? I helped out in a tailor/tuxedo rental store-shined a lot of stinky rental shoes.
Favorite book? Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite movie? Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Comfort food? Cheese
What's in your car CD player right now? Madonna!
Next journey? Whatever is around the next corner
Favorite Virginia vacation spot? Virginia Beach
First political memory? First-grade class watching President Carter’s inauguration
Whom do you admire and why? Hillary Clinton, she’s a strong woman who not only didn’t give in to adversity, she thrived despite it.
Best advice you ever got? My own: No Fear
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be and why? Madeline Albright, she’s amazing, a real woman who has done amazing things.
Describe a perfect day. 1) Hit the gym hard; 2)Starbucks for NYT and Café Mocha (grande, skinny, half-calf, no whip, extra hot) take it all to the dog park with my black lab mix Sadie; then movie with my daughter; then couch time reading, surfing the net, and watching CNN
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you? I was home-schooled after sixth grade.
Ambition, political or otherwise? I want a career in public service, that’s what fulfills me.
