MHS grad meets with First Lady

August 4, 2021

Updated: August 4, 2021

by Larry Chowning –

First Lady Jill Biden, left, visits Waipahu High School in Hawaii and listens as 2006 Middlesex High School alumna Jill Hester Barrette describe the work of her COVID-19 vaccination team. (Contributed)

Jill Hester Barrette, a 2006 Middlesex High School graduate and a Rappahannock Community College nursing school graduate, was interviewed in July by Dr. Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States.

Barrette is a member of the COVID-19 vaccination team with Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) and is married to a U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer. The family was recently transferred from Florida to Hawaii where she got the job with HPH.