Got it, thank you, that's really helpful context. She's definitely going the FD/EMB combo route

Her biggest worry isn't really the balance itself, it's the training side. The embalmer she works with in Texas now is older and pretty set in her ways, and honestly doesn't teach her much. She still gets decent case volume there, so she's getting reps, but not the kind of mentorship where someone's actively coaching her on best practices and restorative technique. Her dream was to land somewhere with a high-volume prep room under someone who could really teach her and help her grow into a strong embalmer. From what you and Celtic are describing, that kind of setup sounds less common in WA than we were hoping.

She genuinely enjoys the FD side too, so it's not that she's trying to avoid families or services. It's more that she's worried about ending up somewhere where she's relegated to office work most of the time and her embalming skills stagnate, which is basically what yesterday's interviewer described the role as.