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Samantha Alexander believes in reviving the dead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 19-year-old\u2014a funeral service student at North Campus\u2014is often tasked with embalming bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander dresses the deceased with makeup and clothing, places plastic eye caps to keep the eyes from shutting and prepares the body for casketing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur job as funeral professionals is not only to provide a time and scenario where it is socially acceptable to grieve publicly,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cIt’s a time to show the public that this person lived.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 13, Alexander was rewarded for her dedication when she won a $1,500 scholarship from the <\/span>American Board of Funeral Services<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The aspiring funeral director was one of six undergraduate students nationwide to receive the scholarship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe totally deserves it,\u201d said Sonali Saha, the chair of the biology, health\/wellness and funeral service education at North Campus. \u201cShe is a really sincere and dedicated student.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander\u2019s passion for funeral sciences dates back to high school. When she was 17, she was a dual enrollment student at Miami Dade College pursuing an associate\u2019s degree in nursing. She wanted to specialize in hospice care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, her mother, Maria Alexander, saw an alternate path for the teenager.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s always been very detail-oriented and meticulous, so we always kidded about how she could maybe [study] forensics,\u201d Maria said. \u201cI was like, well, what about a mortician?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander originally thought the career was \u201cdisgusting,\u201d but after doing some research, she was captivated by the embalming process and decided to take a job at a funeral home.<\/span><\/p>\n

On her first day, she walked through a room with approximately 20-30 dead bodies and was unfazed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t affect me at all,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cIt [looked] like a bunch of people that were sleeping,\u201d Alexander said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As she started to become more involved in funeral services, Alexander\u2019s desire to care for the living, which once pushed her into nursing, blossomed into a desire to help those who are grieving. When she turned 18, she enrolled in the funeral services program at North Campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the journey toward becoming a \u201clast responder\u201d hasn\u2019t always been a smooth one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While working at a local funeral home, she said she experienced verbal bullying. Co-workers scolded her in front of potential clients and refrained from teaching her how to do her job as a funeral services assistant, Alexander said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt made me feel stupid, like I wasn\u2019t cut out for the job at all,\u201d she recalls. \u201cAnd when someone is telling you this over and over again for months, you start to believe them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately for Alexander, who now serves as a funeral attendant at Van Orsdel Funeral & Cremation Services, others have believed in her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[She has] a drive to be part of the profession,\u201d said <\/span>Tanya Scotece<\/span><\/a><\/span>, the program coordinator of the funeral services education program at North Campus. \u201cMost students, they\u2019re just looking to go to school, finish the program and get a job at a funeral home. I don\u2019t see many students like Sam that [are] that goal driven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander has found a home at North. In April, she helped jumpstart a new funeral services club, Memento Mor\u00ed Collective (Latin for \u201cremember you must die\u201d).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The organization, which has roughly 30 members, aims to foster relationships among funeral service students by conducting study sessions and taking strolls at cemeteries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander, who is slated to earn an associate of science in funeral services next spring, plans to pursue a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice at MDC and is now certain that funeral science is the field for her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a calling,\u201d Alexander said.<\/span><\/p>\n

To join the Memento Mor\u00ed Collective, contact <\/span><\/i>mementomori.collective.mdc@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Supporting Cast: Pictured from left to right are Tanya Scotece, program coordinator for funeral services education at North Campus, student Samantha Alexander and Crystal Van Orsdel Marchant, vice president of Funeral & Cremation Services. DEITY MONE\u2019K\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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