Match day for doctors is always a big deal. When a doctor is placed at a hospital in which she was a janitor? Inspiring.
For about a decade, Shay Taylor-Allen walked the halls of Yale New Haven Hospital pushing a janitor’s cart. She mopped patient rooms, disinfected surfaces and emptied the trash.
Soon, she’ll walk the halls of the hospital again, this time wearing a white coat.
Taylor-Allen, 32, recently matched into an anesthesiology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital — where she spent most of her adult life working as part of the cleaning staff.