Twil Roberson Interview Report

The interview that I conduct was on Tuesday (6/20/17) at 1:10.p.m. in Vidant Bertie Hospital in the lab with Mrs. Twil Roberson. Mrs. Roberson is a medical lab technician and a phlebotomist for a few years at Vidant Bertie. The reason why I have chosen Mrs.Twil Roberson is being that she was more than willing to help, full of energy, and have plenty of knowledge behind her field of chosen. Also, since there are not many African American in her field, therefore, she is one of the older African American women that became a part of the laboratory and the medical department. Mrs. Roberson graduate from high school, had her first son, and gotten married at a young age. Mrs. Roberson had no clue what she wanted to be and what the future had in store for her, although, she did know she didn’t want to go back to school. Roberson’s mother pushed her by saying “You have to do something” and therefore, that was a part of her motivation. In her past, Roberson has worked a factory for a while and admitted that she need to provide for her son. Roberson developed a passion for math, science, and putting puzzles together.
What motivated her to become a medical lab technician is an old shows called “Quincy” on channel 7 with a man with a beautiful white coat and specializes in pathology. Roberson loves the pathology and white coat part of the show. Twil was curious about how the doctor know what was going on with her body when she felt ill “ but now I have a little background of what doctors do”. Twli enjoys what she do because she a science and math person and enjoy forcing out what causes things to happen therefore, “ If you love putting puzzle together you love being a