Having the ability to enter the nursing program holds a great amount of significance for me, kindled by my life-altering experience while in a school shooting. November 19th, 2019, a student carried a gun he built himself to school injuring many, but killing two. One of the two was my very best friend Dominic, who I've grown up with since kindergarten. On that day, I would not know my text, "Are you okay," would be my last. Unknowing of his passing, I texted him with blood on my hands and stains of my cries down my cheeks from placing pressure on the wounds of my other friend Addie, both on her abdomen and arm. I was 14. I cried every day feeling guilty for living, overwhelmed by the stream of my thoughts, and scared to face the real world as I was terrified and traumatized. As the years went by, I began to heal with the support of my family and friends, but from that day, I learned that all I wanted to do was help people the same way others were there to help me. In 2021, my junior year, I decided to start volunteering at the local hospital. Once I applied, I was immediately assigned to work in the Women and Newborn Center, where I accumulated over 350 hours. I gained abundant hospital experience, learning about patient care, charting, organization, and leadership. I made many nurse friends who enlightened me into the world of nursing, and I fell in love. I enjoyed coming into the hospital every week to help out the nurses as much as I could, and I acquired enough experience to start training new volunteers. Looking back at the time and effort I put into working at the hospital, I could only see a glimpse of how much more I could do, until I make my dreams into a reality. Throughout my academic High School years, I accrued most of my college credits, and am in the process of finishing the Associates program at College of the Canyons, in less than a year of my first semester. I applied to West Coast University, where I will attend next month, June 10th, 2024. Currently, I have been proactively involved in Caregiving, taking care of 4 children, and 1 with severe autism. In the end, my goal would be to help people, which I can achieve through the nursing program. I am thrilled at the thought of potentially being able to help hundreds, or maybe even thousands while being a nurse for my community. Overall, I plan to finish my BSN, and hopefully later apply to a master's program, where I can receive a degree to become a Certified Registered Nurse anesthetist.

Having the ability to enter the nursing program holds a great amount of significance for me, kindled by my life-altering experience while in a school shooting. November 19th, 2019, a student carried a gun he built himself to school injuring many, but killing two. One of the two was my very best friend Dominic, who I've grown up with since kindergarten. On that day, I would not know my text, "Are you okay," would be my last. Unknowing of his passing, I texted him with blood on my hands and stains of my cries down my cheeks from placing pressure on the wounds of my other friend Addie, both on her abdomen and arm. I was 14. I cried every day feeling guilty for living, overwhelmed by the stream of my thoughts, and scared to face the real world as I was terrified and traumatized. As the years went by, I began to heal with the support of my family and friends, but from that day, I learned that all I wanted to do was help people the same way others were there to help me. In 2021, my junior year, I decided to start volunteering at the local hospital. Once I applied, I was immediately assigned to work in the Women and Newborn Center, where I accumulated over 350 hours. I gained abundant hospital experience, learning about patient care, charting, organization, and leadership. I made many nurse friends who enlightened me into the world of nursing, and I fell in love. I enjoyed coming into the hospital every week to help out the nurses as much as I could, and I acquired enough experience to start training new volunteers. Looking back at the time and effort I put into working at the hospital, I could only see a glimpse of how much more I could do, until I make my dreams into a reality Throughout my academic High School years, I accrued most of my college credits, and am in the process of finishing the Associates program at College of the Canyons, in less than a year of my first semester. I applied to West Coast University, where I will attend next month, June 10th, 2024. Currently, I have been proactively involved in Caregiving, taking care of 4 children, and 1 with severe autism. In the end, my goal would be to help people, which I can achieve through the nursing program. I am thrilled at the thought of potentially being able to help hundreds, or maybe even thousands while being a nurse for my community. Overall, my plan would be to finish my BSN, and hopefully later apply to a master's program, where I can receive a degree to become a Certified Registered Nurse anesthetist.

Having the ability to enter the nursing program holds a great amount of significance for me, kindled by my life-altering experience while in a school shooting. November 19th, 2019, a student carried a gun he built himself to school injuring many, but killing two. One of the two was my very best friend Dominic, who I've grown up with since kindergarten. On that day, I would not know my text, "Are you okay," would be my last. Unknowing of his passing, I texted him with blood on my hands and stains of my cries down my cheeks from placing pressure on the wounds of my other friend Addie, both on her abdomen and arm. I was 14. I cried every day feeling guilty for living, overwhelmed by the stream of my thoughts, and scared to face the real world as I was terrified and traumatized. As the years went by, I began to heal with the support of my family and friends, but from that day, I learned that all I wanted to do was help people the same way others were there to help me. In 2021, my junior year, I decided that I wanted to start volunteering at the local hospital. Once I applied, I was immediately assigned to work in the Women and Newborn Center, where I accumulated over 350 hours. I gained abundant hospital experience, where I learned about patient care, charting, organization, and leadership. I made many nurse friends who enlightened me into the world of nursing, and I fell in love. I enjoyed coming into the hospital every week to help out the nurses as much as I could, and accumulated enough experience to start training new volunteers. Throughout my High School years, I accrued almost all of my college credits, and am in the process of finishing the Associate's program at College of the Canyons, in less than a year of my entering date. I applied to West Coast University, where I will attend next month, June 10th, 2024. Currently, I have been proactively involved in Caregiving, taking care of 4 children, and 1 with severe autism. Throughout it all, my end goal would be to help people, which I can achieve through the nursing program. Overall, I would like to finish my BSN, and hopefully later apply to a master's program, where I can receive a degree to become a Certified Registered Nurse anesthetist.

Having the ability to enter the nursing program holds a great amount of significance for me, kindled by my life-altering experience while in a school shooting. November 19th, 2019, a student carried a gun he built himself to school injuring many, but killing two. One of the two was my very best friend Dominic, who I've grown up with since kindergarten. On that day, I would not know my text, "Are you okay," would be my last. Unknowing of his passing, I texted him with blood on my hands and stains of my cries down my cheeks from placing pressure on the wounds of my other friend Addie, both on her abdomen and arm. I was 14. I cried every day feeling guilty for living, overwhelmed by the stream of my thoughts, and scared to face the real world as I was terrified and traumatized. As the years went by, I began to heal with the support of my family and friends, but from that day, I learned that all I wanted to do was help people the same way others were there to help me. In 2021, my junior year, I decided that I wanted to start volunteering at the local hospital. Once I applied, I was immediately assigned to work in the Women and Newborn Center, where I accumulated over 350 hours. I gained abundant hospital experience, where I learned about patient care, charting, organization, and leadership. I made many nurse friends who enlightened me into the world of nursing, and I fell in love. I enjoyed coming into the hospital every week to help out the nurses as much as I could, and accumulated enough experience to start training new volunteers. Throughout my academic High School years, I accrued most of my college credits, and am in the process of finishing the Associates program at College of the Canyons, in less than a year of my entering. I applied to West Coast University, where I will attend next month, June 10th, 2024. Currently, I have been proactively involved in Caregiving, taking care of 4 children, and 1 with severe autism. Throughout it all, my end goal would be to help people, which I can achieve through the nursing program. Overall, I would like to finish my BSN, and hopefully later apply to a master's program, where I can receive a degree to become a Certified Registered Nurse anesthetist.