1999, I was graduating High School; I felt lost. I knew I wanted to be a nurse (I had been saying this since first grade), but I was not sure how to achieve this goal. I went to my High School advisor only to have the door closed in my face telling me to come back later. I did not have the SAT scores to get into a 4 year University, nor did I have the funds. I wanted desperately to get away from my hometown (Bremerton, WA) and “go away” to college. My solution was YVCC. It was 200 miles from home and I had some not so well known relatives in Yakima so I would not be totally alone. I felt silly for being so excited after getting my acceptance letter from YVCC (as my mom said; “I think everyone gets accepted”). All of my friends were going
