Luna

It was really inspiring to me because I think that empathy is a skill that

A lot of people don't have anymore, but I do believe that a lot of medical professionals do.

I kind of knew from a pretty young age that that was something that I wanted to do.

I've always wanted to help people.

I know every nurse says that, but I've always wanted to help people and make a difference.

I went to a really small high school.

I think there were like 20-something people in my class.

Yeah, you know everybody and you know everybody's business.

I had kind of a difficult time in high school.

I think people were not the friendliest.

That's where that empathy comes in.

I knew when I wanted to go to college, I wanted to kind of get away from my hometown and those people.

I also wanted to go somewhere that had a good nursing program.

I just felt in my heart that that was the path that I needed to follow.

So I kept that in mind when I was making my decision to apply to different colleges.

I think the things I was considering the most when I was looking for college was the distance between the college and my hometown.

I wanted to get away a little bit, but also I wanted to be able to commute if I needed to because I have never lived away from home before.

Anytime I ever had sleepovers or parties as a kid, it was always at my house.

So I never really spent a lot of time away from home.

The transition from high school to college was very emotional.