Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. I believe that will help me be exposed to more and involved in different procedures or skills that you don’t use at every department or everyday. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget those skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department that I would love to work at is the labor and delivery department in the hospital. I have had two children and my labor experience were both completely different. Going into both of my deliveries, I planned on doing my delivery naturally without an epidural. During my first experience I had a nurse continuously coming into the room to ask “do you want the epidural now?”, even after she knew I was trying to do it without epidural. I kept refusing, but then the last few times she came into the room she said that it was going to be my last chance to receive an epidural because the anesthetists were going to leave home already. She ended up scaring me into getting the epidural, because I was young, it was my first child, and the nurse continuously kept asking and telling me it was my last chance that I wouldn’t be able to get it anymore even though I was only 3cm dilated. When I went into my 2nd delivery at the same hospital, I had a completely different experience. The nurse immediately asked me what my birth plan was and asked if I had any preferences or requests from the nurses. I informed her that I was going to try and deliver my baby without getting the epidural. She immediately said that it was amazing and made it known that she wasn’t going to pressure me into getting the epidural that she wouldn’t bring it up unless necessary, but that I was able to change my mind whenever and to let her know. The nurse also kept coming in and giving me tips on what to do to relieve the pain and be able to push through the pain. From going into the bath tub, walking, bouncing on the ball, breathing techniques, and having my husband massage my shoulder and feet. That delivery experience was amazing and I was able to do it without the epidural and I believe it was all possible because of how the nurse took care of me and motivated me on my birth plan. I hope to be able to give that same experience to other mothers.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver to my brother Moises who has Downs Syndrome for 5 years. Which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. Caring for my little brother Moises, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up when I was only 7 years old and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. The person who has made a huge impact in my education, who pushed me the most to continue my education is my father. My father also taught me to be a hard worker. I have worked in the orchard with my father since I was 9 years old. He wanted me to see how hard it is to make money to encourage me to get a higher education. He never let anything get in the way of my education, even though English was his second language he always assisted me in my homework and would have me read a book every night. He has always supported, motivated and been the first one to let me know how proud he is of me continuing my education. Now that I have children I want to make them proud, teach them they can also accomplish their dreams, provide for them, and give them the life they deserve like my father did for me. I am very passionate about playing soccer, I have been in soccer traveling teams since I was 11 years old. I played all year long, adult teams even when I was only 15 years old as well as coed. When I got to high school I played 4 years varsity and out of high school I continued to play coed and indoor soccer. My biggest regret was not continuing to play soccer in college. Now as an adult I still love playing soccer but no longer have the time with attending nursing school full time and have children.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver to my brother Moises who has Downs Syndrome for 5 years. Which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. Caring for my little brother Moises, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up when I was only 7 years old and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Many people think that because I was only 7 years old there wasn’t much I could help with. Coming from a Hispanic family, you are never too young to help. We are taught to be hard workers, respectful individuals, to stand up for yourselves, dream big and go for it, never give up. My father stopped going to school in elementary because he had to start working. He came to the U.S at 15 years old to work and be able to send money back to his parents. My father has always been a hard working man who provided for his family. I never had to worry about money, I was always provided everything I needed or wanted, never worried about not being able to play my soccer, which I played on traveling teams since I was 11 years old, played all year long which is expensive and played 4 years varsity in high school. But my father also taught me to be a hard worker. I have worked in the orchard with my father since I was 9 years old. He wanted me to see how hard it is to make money to encourage me to get a higher education. He never let anything get in the way of my education, he has always supported and motivated me. He has told me how happy and proud he is of me for constantly pursuing a higher education.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver to my brother Moises who has Downs Syndrome for 5 years. Which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In September of 2024 I stopped working to attend school full time. Not working has made a tremendous impact in my family of 4, putting a financial struggle since our total income a month has been cut in half. Although still having the same amount of bills and on top of the additional bills for the courses, nursing program fees, books and materials needed for school. In the past years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. Thankfully the financial struggle has been worth it because I have been accepted into the nursing program at Columbia Gorge Community College, to start in September of 2025

I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver to my brother Moises for 5 years after I turned 18 years old. Which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Previously before working as my brothers caregiver, ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. My little brother Moises has Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Currently my biggest motivation right now is my 2 children. I strived to improve our financial life, give my children the life they deserve, better life than I had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. I bought my first home at 20 years old when i had my first child to ensure they had a stable home. I have always made it possible for my children to have the opportunity to participate in sports and programs that I wasn’t able to participate in as children due to money. Continuing my education to be a nurse will only open my doors for my children and I for a better life. Human touch in nursing is more than just physically touching a patient. Although physical touch is just as important when trying to educate, console, and motivate a patient and their family. From holding their hand, patting them on the back, respectfully helping them groom themselves so they feel better about themselves, combing their hair, painting their nails, and cleaning their mouth when eating and the patient is too weak to do it themselves. But human touch to me is also just being a caring and loving human being, treating your patience as they are your loved ones. Showing compassion by striving to make a change to make them feel better, from going on a walk when they feel down and stuck in their room. Showing empathy as well, by letting them know you know what they are going through, understanding how difficult it is, and validating their feelings. Also building a relationship with their patients by genuinely interacting with them, not just interacting with patients to complete your necessary duties and asking the mandatory questions to perform your duties. Genuinely interact with them, by asking how they are feeling today, ask them what you can do to help them feel better or feel more at home. If they have family, talk about their family, help them get in contact with them through FaceTime or phone call. Have a discussion about their passion, their interests, let them tell you stories about their past. Many elderly individuals do not have anyone to talk to, and they love to talk about their past and to reminisce in their past. Providing this type of care promotes the patient to be more compliant in their medical care and become genuinely motivated to make necessary changes to improve their lifestyle. It also promotes the patient's family to be compliant with medical care, be appreciative of the type of care you are giving their loved ones, and allow them to feel ease when they have to leave their loved ones in hospital.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver for 5 years to my brother Moises who has Downs Syndrome. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. My little brother Moises, who was always in hospital, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with specialists who also required a lot of medical attention at home. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse, attending to his brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget my skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department to work at is labor and delivery. I have had two children with completely different labor experience. Going into both of my deliveries, I planned on doing it without an epidural. During my first experience I had a nurse continuously coming into the room to ask “do you want the epidural now?” Or saying “This is your last chance, the anesthetist is leaving home.” She ended up scaring me into getting the epidural, because I was young, it was my first child, and the nurse continuously kept asking and telling me it was my last chance. When I went into my 2nd delivery at the same hospital, I had a completely different experience. The nurse immediately asked me what my birth plan was and asked if I had any preferences or requests from the nurses. I informed her that I was going to try and deliver my baby without getting the epidural. She immediately said that it was amazing and made it known that she wasn’t going to pressure me into getting the epidural that she wouldn’t bring it up unless necessary, but that I was able to change my mind whenever and to let her know. The nurse also kept coming in and giving me tips on what to do to relieve the pain and be able to push through the pain. From going into the bath tub, walking, bouncing on the ball, breathing techniques, and having my husband massage my shoulder and feet. That delivery experience was amazing and I was able to do it without the epidural and I believe it was all possible because of how the nurse took care of me and motivated me on my birth plan. I hope to be able to give that same experience to other mothers.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 years and as a caregiver to my brother Moises who has Downs Syndrome for 5 years. Which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. I believe that will help me be exposed to more and involved in different procedures or skills that you don’t use at every department or everyday. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget those skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department that I would love to work at is the labor and delivery department in the hospital. I have had two children and my labor experience were both completely different. Going into both of my deliveries, I planned on doing my delivery naturally without an epidural. During my first experience I had a nurse continuously coming into the room to ask “do you want the epidural now?”, even after she knew I was trying to do it without epidural. I kept refusing, but then the last few times she came into the room she said that it was going to be my last chance to receive an epidural because the anesthetists were going to leave home already. She ended up scaring me into getting the epidural, because I was young, it was my first child, and the nurse continuously kept asking and telling me it was my last chance that I wouldn’t be able to get it anymore even though I was only 3cm dilated. When I went into my 2nd delivery at the same hospital, I had a completely different experience. The nurse immediately asked me what my birth plan was and asked if I had any preferences or requests from the nurses. I informed her that I was going to try and deliver my baby without getting the epidural. She immediately said that it was amazing and made it known that she wasn’t going to pressure me into getting the epidural that she wouldn’t bring it up unless necessary, but that I was able to change my mind whenever and to let her know. The nurse also kept coming in and giving me tips on what to do to relieve the pain and be able to push through the pain. From going into the bath tub, walking, bouncing on the ball, breathing techniques, and having my husband massage my shoulder and feet. That delivery experience was amazing and I was able to do it without the epidural and I believe it was all possible because of how the nurse took care of me and motivated me on my birth plan. I hope to be able to give that same experience to other mothers.

Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. I believe that will help me be exposed to more and involved in different procedures or skills that you don’t use at every department or everyday. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget those skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department that I would love to work at is the labor and delivery department in the hospital. I have had two children and my labor experience were both completely different. Going into both of my deliveries, I planned on doing my delivery naturally without an epidural. During my first experience I had a nurse continuously coming into the room to ask “do you want the epidural now?”, even after she knew I was trying to do it without epidural. I kept refusing, but then the last few times she came into the room she said that it was going to be my last chance to receive an epidural because the anesthetists were going to leave home already. She ended up scaring me into getting the epidural, because I was young, it was my first child, and the nurse continuously kept asking and telling me it was my last chance that I wouldn’t be able to get it anymore even though I was only 3cm dilated. Then when I went into my 2nd delivery at the same hospital, I had a completely different experience. The nurse immediately asked me what my birth plan was and asked if I had any preferences or requests from the nurses. I informed her that I was going to try and deliver my baby without getting the epidural. She immediately said that it was amazing and made it known that she wasn’t going to pressure me into getting the epidural that she wouldn’t bring it up unless necessary, but that I was able to change my mind whenever and to let her know. The nurse also kept coming in and giving me tips on what to do to relieve the pain and be able to push through the pain. From going into the bath tub, walking, bouncing on the ball, breathing techniques, and having my husband massage my shoulder and feet. That delivery experience was amazing and I was able to do it without the epidural and I believe it was all possible because of how the nurse took care of me and motivated me on my birth plan. I hope to be able to give that same experience to other mothers.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 year, which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In the past years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. We bought our first home at 20 years old to make sure that our baby that was on the way had a stable home. We have always made it possible for our children to have the opportunity to participate in sports and programs that we weren’t always able to participate in as children due to money. I am happy to be a good role model for my children to show them they can follow their dreams and obtain a higher education. Thankfully I will be going into my 2nd term of the nursing program in January of 2026.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 year, which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In the past years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. We bought our first home at 20 years old to make sure that our baby that was on the way had a stable home. We have always made it possible for our children to have the opportunity to participate in sports and programs that we weren’t always able to participate in as children due to money. I am happy to be able to be a good role model to my children by showing them that they can follow their dreams and get a higher education.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my family to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in Genera Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 year, which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In the past 5 years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. We bought our first home at 20 years old to make sure that our baby that was on the way had a stable home. We have always made it possible for our children to have the opportunity to participate in sports and programs that we weren’t always able to participate in as children due to money. I am happy to be a role model to my children to follow their dream and obtain higher education.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a soon to be 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 year, which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In September of 2024 I stopped working to attend school full time. Not working has made a tremendous impact in my family of 4, putting a financial struggle since our total income a month has been cut in half. Although still having the same amount of bills and on top of the additional bills for the courses, books and materials needed for school. In the past years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. Thankfully the Finacial struggle has been worth it because I have been accepted into the nursing program at Columbia Gorge Community College, to start in September of 2025. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. I believe that will help me be exposed to more and involved in different procedures or skills that you don’t use at every department or everyday. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget those skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department that I would love to work at is the obstetric care department in the hospital. During both of my labors I had an amazing experience and I believe the nurses that were involved made that possible. I hope to give that same experience to other mothers when i’m a nurse. I also find the surgery department very interesting and exciting to be involved in, to only imagine that I can be in a surgery room assisting the surgeon.

To start off I want to thank you for your time in reading about my life and giving me the chance to take me into consideration for this scholarship. I am 27 years old, I’m a mother to a soon to be 2 years old little girl and a six year old boy. I come from a migrant family, the first in my to graduate from high school and till this day the only one to attend college out of my three siblings. In 2018 I graduated from Columbia Gorge Community College with my Associates in General Studies and Medical Assistant Certificate. I have worked as a medical assistant for 7 year, which has only convinced me even further for the passion I have in working in the medical field. Ever since I was a young child I have always dreamed of being a nurse. I have a little brother with Downs Syndrome, who was always in and out of the emergency department, having surgeries, and attending multiple appointments with multiple different specialists. At home my brother required a lot of medical attention. I was the oldest of my siblings so I had to step up and help my mother. I used to consider myself my brother's personal nurse because I would attend to my brother's needs, cleaning his wounds, administering his medications, flushing his chait tube daily, and attending my brother's appointments with my mother. Apart from helping my mother around the house by cleaning, cooking, and taking care of my siblings. I believe my childhood experience is what has led me to my passion to work in the medical field. In September of 2024 I stopped working to attend school full time. Not working has made a tremendous impact in my family of 4, putting a financial struggle since our total income a month has been cut in half. Although still having the same amount of bills and on top of the additional bills for the courses, books and materials needed for school. In the past years I have had to take multiple pauses in my education to relieve us from the financial struggle that it causes us because apart from striving to further my education, my husband and I have always strived to improve our financial life, give our children the life they deserve, and give them a better life then we had growing up and not having to worry about money at such a young age. Thankfully the Finacial struggle has been worth it because I have been accepted into the nursing program at Columbia Gorge Community College, to start in September of 2025. Once I graduate and become a registered nurse I plan to work at the Emergency Department to further my knowledge and improve my skills since that department encounters multiple different medical situations. I believe that will help me be exposed to more and involved in different procedures or skills that you don’t use at every department or everyday. That way I can ensure that I won’t forget those skills when I’m freshly graduated. My dream department that I would love to work at is the obstetric care department in the hospital. During both of my labors I had an amazing experience and I believe the nurses that were involved made that possible. I hope to give that same experience to other mothers when i’m a nurse. I also find the surgery department very interesting and exciting to be involved in, to only imagine that I can be in a surgery room assisting the surgeon.