Change Starts Here

As a young medical laboratory student at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Michelle Mantooth learned everything she needed to know about clinical laboratory testing. But under the wing of Mary Eileen Leonard, she learned that working in the medical laboratory technology field wasn’t just a job; it had to be your passion. " She had an infectious way of distilling a passion for learning and serving, " says Michelle, who is n ow an instructor in the Medical LaboratoryTechnology program at Trident Technical College . She shares with her students what she learned from her mentor: " t he patient is the most important part of your life from now on. Continue your education and make a name for yourself and the profession and never forget what it is to get your hands dirty.” So every year, through the TTC Foundation Campus Campaign , Michelle makes a gift to the Mary Eileen Leonard Clinical Laboratory Sciences Scholarship , which was established by frien...