JAY — Desiree Castonguay, a graduate of Jay High School Class of 2007, has recently been hired by SIH Medical Group of Carbondale, Ill., as a physician assistant for cardiothoracic surgery.

Castonguay earned undergraduate degrees in biology and chemistry at Husson University in Bangor and earned her graduate degree in physician assistant at the University of New England, Portland campus, graduating with the Class of 2014.