I start as a junior have been granted admission for fall semester of 2014. My educational aspirations consist of acquiring a bachelor’s degree in the area of health science that would assist me in pursuing a medical career as a nurse. On the other hand, my career vision is to become a nurse anesthetist by obtaining a CRNA certification that requires also my completing a master’s degree in an accredited anesthesia program on top of having to complete a minimum of 2 years as a licensed RN beside nurse. This will enable me to organize and provide affordable health care to marginalized communities in the United States as well in 3rd World countries. . However, I am certain that if I do not complete my college degree I could never have the opportunity to achieve my career goals.
After graduating from high school, I became certain that if I wanted to pursue a higher education but tough family situations and lack of financial support I was not able to pursue that. My father was the only earning member and being the oldest child I had to assist him in providing for my family and also supporting my sibling’s educational fees and needs. Immaterial of my age, I was persistent and determined to achieve my career aspirations. However, I would not be at this level without the support of my family.
Being a husband and a father of three children, and a first generation college student the income is hardly sufficient to sustain living expenses. My daughter is currently pursuing her college degree and with two of us in college, any jobs and income we bring home together is not sufficient for our tuitions. We do not own homes or any other inheritance or material goods that could be collateral with a bank to obtain any more loans (high interest or otherwise). We do work additional hours/overtime to make more to invest in our college expenses
I decided that I will attain a career