I moved to the U.S. from the Philippines about 7 years ago. I had started in one of the area CUNY programs for nursing but found that it really wasn’t for me. I went on line to look into different types of careers in healthcare and became interested in dental assisting. I contacted The New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants, went to visit and I decided to register for their next Dental Assistant Program.

The program and started in July 2010 and finished my internship yesterday.The internship was in Jamaica Queens and the dentist and the other dental assistants really encourage me.  I was never late and I never missed a day even during that bad snow storm. The practice manager pushed me to complete my 200 hours as quickly as possible because they wanted to hire me. I got hired and I’m starting later this week. I’m so excited and I am also so happy with the school.

Aracilie King, Dental Assistant
NYSMDA Graduate, February 2011