Mother’s Day is Sunday and no one understands a mother’s influence better than Olivia, 23, and Eddie Oliver, 21, whose career paths were inspired by their mom, Angela Oliver. The three Olivers all work at Riverside Health’s Sanders, a retirement community in Gloucester. Angela is the licensed practical nurse supervisor for Heron Cove 2 on the Sanders campus, Eddie is a certified nursing assistant and Olivia is the facility’s inventory clerk. “He’ll be a nurse at the end of the year,” said Angela about Eddie. “I’ve been a CNA for three years,” he said. “He’s always wanted to be a nurse,” said Angela. “I kind of just decided in fourth grade,” said Eddie about his future career prospects. Growing up, Eddie saw the work that his mom was doing and said, “I could do that.” “He started here in the kitchen,” said Angela. At 16, Eddie was working at Walmart when an opportunity arose for him to work at Sanders. He spent over a year in the kitchen at Sanders while completing his high school diplo...
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