See Me, For Me: Patty

Patty has been coming to Main Stay for six years, starting when she was a freshman at McHenry High School! She has graduated high school and continues her education with the Bridges program, which is a transitional program working towards independent living skills now that she is a young adult.  

Patty participates in our Equine and Animal Assisted Learning program, where she comes to work on goals. One of her goals this session is to work on using her softer/quieter “inside” voice. She wants people to know that she is funny and silly, and she is always ready to start up a dance party! Carla, Main Stay’s Animal Assisted Learning Manager, has worked with Patty a lot over the years, and is so impressed that Patty is eternally positive and kind to everyone around her, animals and people alike! 

Q&A With Patty

• What do you look forward to most when coming to Main Stay? To meet the animals each time! 

• What is one thing that you wish people knew about you? I am funny and silly. 

• What frustrates you the most? Being a sister. I like being a sister, but my brother has so many things, it takes up all the room in his junky backpack! 

• Do you have a favorite hobby? Playing on a trampoline. 

• What is something that you are very proud of? Coming to the farm, knowing all of the animals and most importantly graduating from high school. 

• If you could have a superhero power what would it be and why? To be like superman so I can fly to get to places fast. 

• What makes you happy? Being with my friends 

• What is something you can’t live without? My phone 

• What is something that you are really good at? Math 

• Who is someone you look up to and why? All of my friends, especially Reagan. We have gone to school together since elementary school and she always sits by me on the bus. Julie S and Jeremy are my best friends, too. 

• If you could travel any place in the world where would it be and why? Poland. (Patty just returned from a trip to Poland with her family. Fun fact: Patty is bilingual Polish/English). 

• What is something unique about you? Being kind and being funny.