Pearl Carter- Thompson

Lab Assistant Administrator

Pearl Carter-Thompson is the Lab Assistant Administrator. In this role, she prepares currently and formerly incarcerated women to work in laboratory healthcare settings to obtain employment with pathways for upward mobility in the field of clinical laboratory science.

Pearl received her bachelor of science in medical technology from the University of Southern Mississippi and worked in the hospital laboratory setting for 37 years. She retired in April 2021 with the goal of spending more time with her family; however, she started working with Syrita Steib, Operation Restoration’s founder, president and CEO, to help design the Lab Assistant Program and became an employee of Operation Restoration once the program began in June 2022.

She thought she would never work in a position again that has been so fulfilling and purposeful as the Lab Assistant Administrator. “Where I am now is where God wants me,” she says. “To have a positive impact on the lives of women gives me great joy.”