I am Susana Silva a 26 years old nursing student at UMass Boston. I was born in El Salvador and migrated to United States at the age of 12. I considered myself lucky to be able to live in a country … Continue reading →

My name is Oded Polat and I am 32 years old. Originally I am from Israel and arrived at the US after meeting my wife in Israel. I am a graduate nursing student from the University of Massachusetts in Boston and am … Continue reading →

Hello! My name is Ericka Garufi. I am a junior at UMass Boston studying to become a nurse. I previously went to Stony Brook University in New York. I have an older sister named Alexandria, a younger sister named Emily, and a … Continue reading →

My name is Victoria Zerbato. I am currently a senior in the nursing program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I live in Medford, MA and I work at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the cardiac ICU as well as Massachusetts … Continue reading →

My name is Leah Ottenstein, and I am a student in my third year in the Undergraduate Nursing Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB). As president of the Student Nurses’ Association at UMB, I helped to found and … Continue reading →

My name is Anh Phuong Le, currently in my junior year, is pursuing my Bachelors of Nursing degree at the University of Massachusetts Boston with an anticipated graduation date of December 2015. I was born in Vietnam, traveled to the States in … Continue reading →

I grew up overseas in Poland, India, Lebanon, Greece, and Germany. My family moved back to the United States when I was a teenager, but my love of other cultures and people was firmly ingrained in who I was. I graduated from … Continue reading →

I am Shihyu Yang (Shelly), born in Taipei, Taiwan on November 10th a junior nursing student at Umass Bosotn. At age 16, I decided to move to US to start my new journal. I came to Seattle and became an exchange student … Continue reading →

My name is Michelle, I’m a 21 year old student in my junior year studying Health Sciences at UMass Boston. I grew up in the South shore and moved to Dorchester for School. Currently I work two jobs- I’m an Assistant Coordinator … Continue reading →

My name is Jacquelene Kelley and I am currently a senior nursing student at Umass Boston. I work as a waitress at Darcy’s Pub and a secretary/CNA in the intensive care unit at Carney Hospital. I have a love for photography and … Continue reading →