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Ilse Salgado

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Bio

I am a first-generation, proud Mexican-American woman. I am an adult nursing student from the Chicago suburbs. I strive to be resourceful and continuously quick to think in order to achieve ultimate success for myself and many others in all realms of life!

Education

Oakton Community College

Associate's degree program
2024 - 2027
  • Majors:
    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Bachelor's degree program

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Hospital & Health Care

    • Dream career goals:

    • Barista, shift supervisor

      Starbucks
      2017 – Present9 years

    Arts

    • High School

      Acting
      2013 – 2016

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Compassionate Care Network — Screener
      2025 – Present

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Volunteering

    100 Bold Points No-Essay Scholarship
    No Essay Scholarship by Sallie
    300 Bold Points No-Essay Scholarship
    200 Bold Points No-Essay Scholarship
    Bold.org No-Essay Community Scholarship
    Conscious Consumer No-Essay Scholarship
    500 Bold Points No-Essay Scholarship
    Diverse Nursing Scholarship
    Billie Eilish Fan Scholarship
    1. Your Power: Your Power by Billie is a raw, deep song about about a dynamic relationship. Billie's lyrics speak about the contradicting emotions about feeling loved while being gaslit and subtly mistreated as a young, naive woman. I went through romantic relationships as a young teen with older men where I was unaware of the mistreatment I was experiencing during those relationships. Your Power resonates with me because it's a plea to all women and men to make sure that an older partner is not taking advantage and abusing their partner. 2. CHIHIRO: Chihiro is a beautiful melodic and slow song. Billie shows off her mature, yet still wide range of vocals and words. This song resonates with me because Billie's lyrics about the loss of something or someone that was loved, but is no longer there. Overall, this is a soft yet powerful song. 3. &burn: This song takes me back into my teenage heartbreak days. Billie captures the raw emotions about the experience of giving your love to someone just to have them completely break your heart. This song resonates with me because it allows me to sink into my sensitive emotions, as I am someone who tries to appear strong on the outside so I'm not looked back at when I let myself show how I feel inside. This song also alludes to the "What if...?"'s that I've gone back and asked myself thinking about the person who I thought loved me back.