SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - American Medical Response held their ‘earn to learn’ graduation earlier on Friday in Springfield, giving people of all different backgrounds the chance to help their community as an emergency responder.

However, one new EMT’s background is a bit more ‘spectacular’ than the rest.

Western Mass News attended the ceremony and found out how the class valedictorian plans on transitioning from the arena to the ambulance.

From performing live at the circus to saving lives with American Medical Response, Marlon Archer’s journey to ‘earn to learn’ graduation, is anything but standard, “I hold people in handstands right here, I throw them in the air and catch them. We do various dance lifts and tricks of all kinds.”

That experience provided a background in health and

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