Nursing is an art and more than just a job or career. To my understanding, the professional nurse serves and loves doing so with an open heart of patience, empathy, and most importantly, a healthy scope of discernment. Nurses intrinsically lead. They are unwaveringly dedicated to their occupation- they hear, feel, and after their patients, and are the next best advocates for them in moments where patient wishes may conflict with those presented by the physician and even sometimes, their family. Nursing is the untold ability to comfort both patients and their loved ones in tough times by exhibiting professional and emotional competence. Ultimately, nursing requires an interest and open mind to critical thinking, frequent learning, and application in atypical situations. Textbooks, clinical experiences, and passing licensure exams primarily exhibit nursing at face value. Health care is dynamic, and constantly changing with new procedures and techniques- therefore, a nurse must be able to adapt to change. Above all, the professional nurse is culturally sensitive and supportive of social differences other than those they are familiar with. My identity evokes me to pursue nursing as a passion as opposed to a career because I am interested in making a difference and representing others. Nurses are the unsung heroes and the ones who serve as the glue in hospitals and clinics. They are dedicated and committed to helping others out of the goodness of their golden hearts. I too look forward to being the best nurse I can be for my patients. Beyond mere existence, life is a jigsaw puzzle and each uniquely shaped piece represents the multitude of communities and their various demographics and cultures. Similarly, we are all different, yet we have the potential to come together as one as long as we can accept and respect each other’s differences. The healthcare profession requires and is long overdue for a commitment to diversity. It requires health professionals' awareness of unconscious biases. Such implicit attitudes offer explanations of the inherent lack of diversity and underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority communities in the healthcare industry. This stagnant imbalance in the medical field contributes to these communities’ lack of access to and use of health care. Consequently, they suffer from preventable diseases. Such disparities prompt me to dedicate my career to healthcare. I believe that my nursing philosophy aligns with Cindy's on the fact that nursing is all about empathy and compassion.