It has been a dream of mine for a long time now to become a registered nurse. With no a-levels, I was not sure that this would be a path I would be able to take. However, after putting all my heart and soul into completing an access course last year, I am now an official student nurse with the University of Gloucestershire! I have worked as a healthcare assistant for 3 and a half years and it gives me a whole different meaning to life to help those vulnerable and and of ill health. I feel lucky that I absolutely love my occupation and cannot wait to pursue my career in nursing.

I have the amazing opportunity to travel to Iloilo, Philippines and carry out a 6 week placement as a student nurse. During this placement I will work in their hospitals experiancing ophthalmology, dermatology, toxicology, cardiology, obstetrics, gynaecology (a field I am very interested in) and an animal bites clinic. In addition to this, I get the once in a lifetime opportunity to live with the Ati Tribe for a week and attend to their healthcare needs with limited resources which will enlighten how lucky we are in the U.K. and add a wealth of knowledge to my nursing experience which I can bring to being a registered nurse.

I would appreciate any support to help me achieve this once in a life time opportunity and really make a difference to those in need. Thank you for taking this time to read my story.