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August 14, 2026

Team spotlight: Destiny Villarreal

IU Health Methodist Hospital

Team spotlight: Destiny Villarreal

Destiny Villarreal is a patient care assistant (PCA) on Methodist Hospital's surgical trauma unit. She's been a PCA for 5 years and is about to finish nursing school. "As a PCA I don't feel like just completing the daily tasks is enough. I feel like our job is also to be there for the patients. They're going through traumatic things, life-changing things... and it makes me happy to make them happy."