Lexie Dillon is a second-career healthcare worker. She originally taught technical theatre at a local high school, and while she still has a deep love of the arts, she welcomed the chance to teach in a different context.
“I wanted to change my problem-solving focus to the human body and use my teaching skills to help patients understand their health and what they could do to best support it,” she said.
Originally from Canada, her parents moved to Cary when she was young. After she earned her first undergraduate degree in theatre, she joined the Peace Corps and lived in Kenya for three years.
“I lived in a rural village and worked with community groups to provide education on water sanitation and HIV prevention and stigma reduction. It was a life-changing experience that gave me a massive shift in perspective,” she said. “It was a great way to learn that people from all over the world are more alike than they are different if you take the time to get to know them and not to judge anyone or any situation too quickly.”
She loves complicated board games, travel, and listening to audiobooks—particularly science fiction and cozy mysteries. She also enjoys nonfiction books about social or popular science. She loves the North Carolina Museum of Art.
“My husband proposed to me on a picnic in the park at the NCMA, so it holds a special place in my heart,” she said.
She and her husband, Brendan, have a curious playful hound mix named Roo.
“I love learning about people’s passions and lived experiences, the ways that they choose to spend their time and experience being human without any ulterior motives–the things they do for the joy of doing them,” she said. “When you know what’s important to people and how they see themselves, it’s easy to care about them and to remember that we’re all on the same team, and to work toward the best possible outcome for everyone, every time.”
