Shelley
Shelley recently joined the MVO team and is so happy to work with such a great team. She brings many years of customer service and front desk experience to the job. Her favourite part of her role is interacting with patients and staff. She has worked as an Executive Assistant in an Engineering company, with her daughter in her daughter’s pottery studio and taught sewing to kids and adults. Shelley also has a background in fashion and continues to alter wedding gowns and special occasion dresses in her spare time. She loves to sew for others and knit and learn new sewing skills. She has a son living in Ontario and a daughter who lives in Calgary. She has lived all over Canada and happy to be back in the west.
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