10/11/2026
This one feels especially close to my heart.
To every nurse who came here with a dream, started over, worked the long shifts, missed home, helped support family and slowly built a life of their own, I SEE YOU.
For so many of us, nursing was one of the biggest dreams we grew up seeing. And Iām so proud that today, I get to see nurses becoming so much more too. Creators. Founders. Business owners. Leaders. Dreamers. Builders.
Nursing can be something weāre deeply proud of without being the only dream weāre allowed to have.
And maybe thatās one of my favorite parts of being Filipino American: building something new here while still carrying so much of home with us.
The food. The family. The noise. The values. The sacrifices. The stories that brought us here.
To every nurse building a life they once only imagined, while still missing home sometimes, this one is for you. š