{"id":19585,"date":"2023-10-27T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=19585"},"modified":"2024-03-06T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:14:11","slug":"60-second-interview-renae-clemens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2023\/10\/27\/60-second-interview-renae-clemens\/","title":{"rendered":"60-Second Interview: Renae Clemens"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, we are highlighting a longtime Envoy employee, Renae Clemens<\/strong>, who was diagnosed with breast cancer almost ten years ago. We’ll learn more about her role at Envoy, why she thinks self-exams are important and her inspiration during her journey with breast cancer.<\/p>\n

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What is your Envoy story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My story starts with longevity — I’ve been with Envoy for 32 years. I’ve worked as a Crew Scheduling manager, Crew Pay manager, Labor Relations Analyst, and then, now, in my current role as Labor Relations Counsel for Ground Employees.<\/p>\n

My day first and foremost begins with coffee. My daily work includes negotiations, grievance hearings, collective bargaining agreement training\/compliance for all of the ground unionized workgroups, arbitration preparation, investigations, and supporting the company on managing unionized employees while maintaining a positive working relations with the union leaders.<\/p>\n

What’s the significance of National Breast Cancer Awareness to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s important to be informed about breast cancer because early detection can save your life. No matter how old you are, it’s important to do frequent self-exams. Plus, getting yearly mammograms is crucial.<\/p>\n

Early detection saved my life.<\/p>\n

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Who has inspired you during your journey with breast cancer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My husband, kids, my parents, close relatives, and a few close friends were my inspiration during my journey with breast cancer. They were the true heroes during my journey.<\/p>\n

My role model was my husband’s aunt who battled a form of very aggressive breast cancer. She always had the most positive attitude during her journey.<\/p>\n

How do you like to educate others about Breast Cancer Awareness?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As stated above, I advocate for frequent self-exams and yearly mammograms. Like I said, early detection saved my life, because I had no family history of breast cancer.<\/p>\n

In June 2016, I had felt a lump while getting ready for a routine doctor’s appointment. I was trying to convince myself it was nothing.<\/p>\n

I ended up showing my doctor who sent me for a mammogram and subsequent biopsy. By the end of June, I got the call that I had breast cancer.<\/p>\n

My type of cancer was a fast-growing cancer, which meant had I not done the self-exam, my outcome would have been much worse.<\/p>\n

Tell us one surprising fact about yourself that others may not know.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love to fish, especially saltwater fishing, but I do not eat any seafood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, we are highlighting a longtime Envoy employee, Renae Clemens, who was diagnosed with breast cancer almost ten years ago. We’ll learn more about her role at Envoy, why she thinks self-exams are important and her inspiration during her journey with breast cancer. What is your Envoy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":41267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[294,744,351,51,295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41272,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19585\/revisions\/41272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}