Frank Baez always watched
the nurses with patients as they cared for them while he was working as a
janitor and was inspired to become a nurse too. The 29 year old graduate now
plans to be a critical care nurse in an intensive care unit.
Speaking with Good Morning
America, Baez said:
“I could barely speak
English at the time when I started working at NYU. Now I reflect on it and I
feel very proud of how much I accomplished.”
He said he eventually left
his job as a janitor to complete his bachelor’s degree at Hunter College then
returned to NYU and completed the accelerated program at the Rory Meyers
College of Nursing in 15 months. Baez is the first person in his family to
graduate from college.
He said: “There were times
I doubted myself, but then I felt that I wanted to do something more for
myself, that I deserved better, that I wanted to continue to move forward and
grow and go on with my life. What I did was, I never gave up.”
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