Nursing, in my eyes, is not a job but an ever-present passion and commitment to forever change lives in
an undeniably positive way. This, however, hasn't always been my philosophy but was
indeed the exact opposite: an imperious lie; traumatic circumstances convinced my ruthlessly
wounded soul that the Medical Field was against me, encompassing a life of torture. A seven hour
spinal fusion stole the one identity I'd so selfishly retained from within the grips of my hands --
sports -- and replaced it with unaltered desolation. Turning to Anorexia to numb the abysmal
wounds of my shattered heart, death came close enough to touch countless times as I am claimed to
be a medical miracle through the eyes of humanity; experts expected me to die at any moment since
my very existence defied the essence of nature. Through the beauty of pain, an unquenchable
passion has been discovered, leaving me determined to enlighten beauty in the lives of the hopeless
and to put a smile on the faces of the dying. Nursing is the act of caring, encompassing the flawless
aspects of love and possessing the capacity to change the world.
My very own biography can be located in the book The Beauty of Pain: There is Beauty in Everything, You Just Have to See It soon to be published.