After 18 years as a medical assistant, Dyan Wojnarowski was ready for a new professional chapter. Her path had taken her from her home state of Pennsylvania to Dallas, Texas, and back again, giving her experience in cardiology, blood donation services, and medical...
Sam Anderson is used to adapting. With instability shaping her childhood, she learned how to adjust to new environments. “We moved around a lot when I was a kid and I never stayed in one place for longer than six months until I was 14,” says Sam, referring to a small...
Before Michael Taylor became a nurse, the idea had always been in the back of his mind. “My mom is a nurse, so I had that exposure growing up,” says the Illinois native. After high school, he went to college a few hours away, but wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. “I...
Rachel Radenkovic will never forget the day she stepped into a hospital and it felt like home. She was 19, visiting her aunt after she’d just had a baby. “That moment, I realized I wanted to work in the hospital setting,” says Rachel, who was already familiar with...
Allison Vargas always knew she wanted to be a nurse. Growing up in a family of nurses, caring for others was almost second nature. Her mother, a pediatric nurse for 40 years, spent her entire career with Kaiser Permanente, as did several of Allison’s aunts....
