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Levi Huizenga talks with his mother about working as an oncological nurse, and what's difficult and meaningful about it.

Christian wanted to be a nurse from an early age after watching his immigrant mother get her nursing degree and help lift the family out of poverty. He also talks about his work with Stop the Bleed.

BIOGRAPHY: I was born in Glendale, California in the early 1950’s. I grew up in a small town called Tujunga. I attended a public high school in the late 1960’s during a time of social change. I remember events such...

Mirella Arroyo Hathaway RN shares about her nursing journey at Providence Home Health who lives her calling to be an expression of God’s healing love.

Lucy McGuffie (37) sat down with Patrice Morris Ball (61) and talked about the importance of organ donation--in particular, living donation.

Doris Jackson (73) and her sister, Lucy Jackson (58), talk with Doris' daughter and Lucy's neice, LaToya Jackson (44), about some of their favorite family memories. LaToya thanks her mother for the sacrifice she made to send LaToya to college.

Rebeca Barroso was born in Cuba and migrated to the United States with her parents at the age of 13. Rebeca's interest in nursing came through a circuitous route through the late 1960s and early 1970s women's health movement, a...

Longtime friends Melanie Kemper [no age given] and Mary Liedel [no age given] share stories of volunteering at the Mass vaccination sites together and other moments in their friendship.

Rose talks about her nursing career as a case manager and winning a nurse of the year award. She shares heartbreaking stories about working with COVID patients, losing her mother during the pandemic.

Discussing nursing school and the nursing profession with Roberta Johnson (77)

Jerry Brown (82) interviewed his wife, Shirley Brown (74) about being in the nursing field since 1965.

Matthew Dolin (17) talks with his mother, Lori Dolin (50) about her childhood, her view on technology, and her Dad.

Rita Morrow (61) interviews her mother, Dorothy Lundy-Rowzee (86) about growing up during the depression era and living through the tumultuous time of the 1960s.

Meredith talks with her colleague, Liz, about her journey to her nursing career, starting in a veterinary clinic, the Army, and finally Cal State Fullerton. She and Liz talk about working in Home Health and the challenges, and joys of...

BIOGRAPHY: Mary Wotzka Lagaard entered her nursing career through the “back door” of psychology. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Benedict’s College in central MN, but eventually received a nursing degree from the University of Iowa in...

Tenzin Lhamo has had a wealth of nursing experience. She attended nursing school in India as an immigrant from Tibet. Her family came to the United States in 2006. Before graduating from St. Catherine University as an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner...

Letti Rockwell (44) talks with her daughter Katherine Rockwell about being a nurse in the time of Covid-19 and how that has affected her job, home life, and social life.

Colleagues and friends Nichole McCaffrey (44) and Clare McBride [no age given] come together to talk about their nursing careers.

Colleagues in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at OHSU, Oliver Pelayo (50) and Alexander Liguori (30) sit down to discuss family, ambitions, and their perspectives on success.

Robin shared about her life journey with living her life as a vocation and the influence her mother had on her life. She was a pillar of strength. Her mom modeled a life of generous giving to help some of...

A grandmother goes through the details of her life, from the beginning when her family was heavily impacted by the World Wars to eventually having children and grandchildren.

Husband and wife, Paul Moses (69) and Maureen Moses (69), reflect on their life together. They discuss how they first met, Maureen's work as a nurse, and the challenges and triumphs they experienced in having children.

Melinda (34) talks to Kenya (40) about her work on the front lines as a nurse during COVID 19.

Doris C. Wie Osuorah, Registered Nurse: I am from Liberia, West Africa. I fled my country during the Liberian civil war in 1990 and spent 3 years in the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana. I arrived in the US in...

Norah Mentor(15) talks to her sister Dorynn Mentor(24) about the decisions and experiences that led up to her choosing nursing as a career. Dorynn Mentions her struggle finding a good undergraduate major that she actually enjoyed. The impact that she...