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Class of 2022<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Nursing<\/a><\/p>\n

What first drew you into the nursing field in your home country of Nepal?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It was a very remote village of Nepal where I grew up. So many times when I come here and talk to people, the first reaction is, \u2018oh my God, how do you grow up without TV, or without electricity?\u2019 So I was like, \u2018we never knew it existed so who cared,\u2019 right?<\/p>\n

I joined the Red Cross<\/a>, so people there gave me all the training they could \u2013 like first aid, advanced first aid, disaster management team. I was trained in how, during a disaster if a family gets lost, how to reunite them. So I became very active and I loved all of those trainings, and then I started exploring more about my passion of service. And then my mom saw that on me, and she kind of insisted me to go to nursing school.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did you put your skills into practice during the 2015 Nepal earthquake?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Nepal, we get a massive earthquake every 80 to 100 years. I knew that one day, there was going to be a huge earthquake. As soon as the earthquake hit, I was\u2026it was crazy. I was in the third floor of my house in Kathmandu, and then basically, I thought\u2026it was so scary, I thought, \u2018it’s my last day.\u2019<\/p>\n

What I learned from my Red Cross training is to just start from where you are, because you are capable \u2013 you know? And apart from that, I was also a registered nurse back home, so I always had that responsibility. That, you know, I’m capable. If I’m able to do it, I have to do it. I checked all of the families in the local area, everyone I could so that I knew everyone was safe.<\/p>\n