Casey Farley is Marketing Project Manager at Siteman Cancer Center. She has been a PAMN member for two years.
What led you to work in cancer communications?
Wanting to help others.
What do you like most about working in the cancer field?
Knowing that I am helping partake in saving lives by informing the community about cancer screenings.
What’s your best advice for someone new to the field?
Be open-minded and ask questions that you don’t know the answer to. Health care is very complex, and you will always learn about new technology and/or procedures. It’s ever evolving.
How do you balance your career and family/personal life?
By prioritizing and delegating tasks.
Do you have a favorite line from a movie?
“4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me. I can’t cancel that again. 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing. I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness.” Watch
What was your favorite vacation?
Skiing in West Virginia
If you could drink only one beverage for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tea
If you had to eat one meal, every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
chicken
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People chewing with their mouth open
What is your hometown?
Belleville, Illinois
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