In nursing school, I was one of the lucky students given an opportunity to rotate
through the NICU at Buffalo Children’s Hospital. I fell in love with the pace,
the technology and the families. I worked, returned to school, expanded my
practice and finally settled in as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Santa Barbara,
CA. Simultaneously I desperately wanted babies of my own and adopted 3 from
Colombia. I retired from Nursing to raise my children knowing that one day I
would return to nations like Colombia and would participate in volunteer nursing.
In the meantime, I began working on local philanthropy projects with both of
my daughters in our local area, with National Charity League. Now the day has
arrived, my children are grown and off to college and/or working and I can pursue
my dream to make a difference. I have started slowly, working with ONAAT as
the scholarship coordinator, since it is exactly ONAAT is what I envisioned when I
pictured an organization to become involved with. The next step will be my own
medical mission!!
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