 It is very important for me to be able to be a nurse and provide care for life-saving measures for people. In November of 2012, I was in a car accident, me and five other people. My best friend, she was on scene and pronounced DOA when EMS got there. We all went to Grant Regional and the doctors and nurses took great care of us and we were all med flighted out to UW Madison. After being involved with that, I decided that I wanted to be a nurse and continue my education and be able to help people more, like how I was helped that day. It was very important for me to be able to go to Southwest Tech somewhere close to home and live at home and work for my community. That is so crucial to be able to have a guaranteed job once you graduate school. I know, I was a huge worry of mine, did I just go to school for three years and study super hard for my boards and now I'm not going to have a job. It takes a stress off of you when you're already worried about classes and passing your boards and being a good student. I wanted to give back to a community that gave so much to me. I really do enjoy my job and I don't know what I would rather do.