 I'm currently a second semester nursing student. Before I attended mid-state, I knew I wanted to be a nurse after my OMA was diagnosed with stage four cancer. We found out unfortunately later on that it has something to do with genetics. It is very rare, and so they cannot really say if we will get it for sure in my family, but I know that it's something I think about every day. Being a nurse in oncology would just give me an opportunity to kind of help from the inside and learn everything I can to help myself and my family but also support other people's families. Becoming a state ambassador and realizing I could take that to the next level. And I could say, look at all these technical college students and all these non-traditional people coming back to school and following their dreams. I get to meet all these other people from Wisconsin and then go even beyond that. I could go to the legislators and I could talk about technical colleges and I can go to the Senate and speak on issues and laws that would help improve students' lives. I just have a lot of endless opportunities and I think after seeing the support of everyone behind me I have a lot more confidence in my ability to go out and represent it well. Thinking about one day becoming a nurse and helping out every patient I see on an individual level and thinking that right now I have the opportunity to be just a student but still represent everybody else and help them in whatever ways they may struggle with is such an honor. And I know I come from a very fortunate background. I have a great loving and supportive family. I've been able to pay my way through college and I'm not going into debt doing it. But there's a lot of people who have a lot of struggles and they may not feel like they have the opportunity to go in front of people and talk about it. And so I feel like my wanting to help people and care for them is a big part in why I feel so passionately about representing the people who I feel like are overlooked or don't have a voice. I definitely won't let the opportunity pass me by to try to make a difference for everyone.