Finding home

10/19/22 • 12 min

Losing both her parents at age 7 left Kathleen Eviza facing an uncertain future with her five siblings. Knowing her strong will and determination would take her to the places she dreamed of, she prioritized her education and career as a means to support her family, but as an adventurer at heart, she grew to realize she'd eventually have to leave them to find a new sense of home.

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A Nurse First - Finding home

Transcript

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I graduated nursing school when I was 18,

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which is different. I guess in America you have middle school, but in the Philippines, you only take like six years program in elementary and then you go four years of high school and then the regular four-year college. I was a consistent academic scholar at the time, and I did my master's degree right after I finished college through another scholarship. The hospital I worked at, they offered..