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Pardee honors Garcia as Team Member of the Month

Environmental services manager Erika Garcia was honored as Team Member of the Month at Pardee UNC Health Care.

By Lightning Reports, Published: February 26, 2023

Erika Garcia, an environmental services manager known for going above and beyond her regular duties, was honored recently as Team Member of the Month at Pardee UNC Health Care, the hospital announced.

Garcia provides schedules and daily assignments to the environmental services team and ensures the hospital's compliance with infection control and waste management. 

Garcia joined the team at Pardee 15 years ago "for the employment benefits but stayed because she found a great place to work," Pardee said in a news release. She says her favorite part of her job is the difference her team is making in patients' lives. She also enjoys encouraging her team and promoting the excellent work they do. 

"Garcia does her job very professionally and is eager to learn," coworkers said. "She approaches all challenges positively, models Pardee's performance standards and serves as a role model for everyone in the organization." She receives compliments throughout the organization about how helpful and pleasant she is to work with.

The award also recognized Garcia for going above and beyond her regular duties to translate training modules to Spanish for her department and inviting other departments with non-English speakers to join in the project. She also helps translate additional information, such as the Pardee newsletter, into Spanish.