I always thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I thought it would be exhilarating to argue why I thought I was right. I also knew that lawyers make a lot of money. However, I realized that neither of those were good reasons to base my entire future on. After that, I was lost. I didn’t know what I wanted, I didn’t know how to plan for my future, and I just felt stuck. My sophomore year of high school, my mom and sister convinced me to sign up for the WATC Practical Nursing Program. My sister had done it and now she is currently a nurse. I honestly did not think it would be for me. I didn’t know if I could handle the unknown violence, the tears of loved ones lost, difficult families, and many more unknowns. But I signed up anyway, and out of hundreds I was one of the thirty-six that got in. Pre-requisites were not a walk in the park but I tried. I showed up every day and I gave it my all because if I was going to do something, I was going to do my best. And it paid off. That fall I was one of the sixteen that got accepted into the LPN program. I was so proud of myself, even if I wasn’t sure it was for me, I was still doing great. And then I had Fundamentals of Nursing, where I started clinicals. I fell in love with nursing. I loved helping people. I loved being there for people when they needed somebody. I loved helping when I could. I loved smiling at patients and watching their face light up from just a friendly face. I loved learning how each disease process worked and how each medication affected the body. I loved learning how to do injections and nasal gastric tubes. I loved nursing and I wanted to do it as a career. So I put everything into the past three semesters, determined that I was going to be a nurse. And now I’m at my last semester of LPN. I hope that with this scholarship that I will be able to continue my education in nursing and get my associates degree. Carpenter 2 I want to continue to learn and develop skills in order to help people and live out my dream as a nurse. And even if I don’t get the scholarship, that’s okay, because I will continue to be determined to achieve my goals.

I always thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I thought it would be exhilarating to argue why I thought I was right. I also knew that lawyers make a lot of money. However, I realized that neither of those were good reasons to base my entire future on. After that, I was lost. I didn’t know what I wanted, I didn’t know how to plan for my future, and I just felt stuck. My sophomore year of high school, my mom and sister convinced me to sign up for the WATC Practical Nursing Program. My sister had done it and now she is currently a nurse. I honestly did not think it would be for me. I didn’t know if I could handle the unknown violence, the tears of loved ones lost, difficult families, and many more unknowns. But I signed up anyway, and out of hundreds I was one of the thirty-six that got in. Pre-requisites were not a walk in the park but I tried. I showed up every day and I gave it my all because if I was going to do something, I was going to do my best. And it paid off. That fall I was one of the sixteen that got accepted into the LPN program. I was so proud of myself, even if I wasn’t sure it was for me, I was still doing great. And then I had Fundamentals of Nursing, where I started clinicals. I fell in love with nursing. I loved helping people. I loved being there for people when they needed somebody. I loved helping when I could. I loved smiling at patients and watching their face light up from just a friendly face. I loved learning how each disease process worked and how each medication affected the body. I loved learning how to do injections and nasal gastric tubes. I loved nursing and I wanted to do it as a career. So I put everything into the past three semesters, determined that I was going to be a nurse. And now I’m at my last semester of LPN. I hope that with this scholarship that I will be able to continue my education in nursing and get my associates degee. I want to continue to learn and develop skills in order to help people and live out my dream as a nurse. And even if I don’t get the scholarship, that’s okay, because I will continue to be determined to achieve my goals.