Joanne
Fonseca
Joanne drives to Lexington from her home every working day.
“It’s a long ride, yes, but it’s worth it.”
Why?
“Because this place doesn’t feel like
work,” she says. “The kids are fun and the work is fun.”
Away from the office, Joanne is busy with a family
life that includes her husband Joseph, daughter Kayla, and cat Sadie.
She loves exercising in the gym and is learning
to knit under the guidance of Nancy Avallone, another hygenist in
Dr. Coppe’s office.
Like me, she’s left-handed,” Joanne
explains.
The funniest thing a young patient ever said to
her: “I was whistling and this little girl said: ‘Okay,
enough! You’re giving me a headache.”
If Joanne were a color, she claims she’d
be green.
If she could say one thing to parents it would
be: “Candy only once a week.”
And if she had advice for her young patients it
would be: “Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know.
Just sit and listen and everything’ll be better.”
And what does Joanne think about when she’s
brushing her teeth? “Gosh! I brush my teeth so often, I don’t
know!”