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About Me
Born in 1966, I was placed into foster care as a special needs child having been born with fetal alcohol syndrome, failure to thrive and mild cerebral palsy. Due to the complexities of being born with special needs, I was placed in five homes until the age of five, at which time, I lived with a Baptist Minister and his wife, until the age of twenty years old.
At the age of twenty, scandal rocked my small town when my very prominent foster parents, a minister and his wife, got arrested.
In 1987, the State of NJ emacipated me from their resposibility and I became homeless. Experiencing struggles but never losing my faith in the Lord, He helped me find the funds to go to college to become a Nurse! I have been in the medical field for over thirty years. My greatest achievement to my community and the medical field was as a Nursing Student when I cared for a gentleman by the name of George Boyd. He was dying and he wanted to leave me a $1M. I told him to leave it to the two colleges I was attending at the time - Rowan College. He did! These days, to be eligable for this Scholarship, all one has to do is be a resident of Cumberland County NJ, be a nursing student and call 1-856-691-8600 for more information.
Retiring from bedside nursing due to my congenital health issues, the Lord still provides a way for me to serve my community in which I live by helping the Bridgeton Salvation Army as a volunteer and being Director of Public Relations for the NJ Woman's Christian Temperance Union and I have started a nonprofit called Crafting 4 Hope Foundation, Inc to help bring joy and meet the needs of those struggling in my commuity and online. I still do my online tutoring service that I have been doing since 1997. I have developed a medical exam board game that is in the works. Also, I am currently writing a NCLEX Review book that will help nurses pass their State Boards entitled: Next Generation NCLEX & Beyond. Look for the book and board game online and in bookstores in the near future! God is so good!
University: Bachelor of science in nursing and a minor in Psychology.
Course: Certification in legal nurse consulting via Vickie Milazzo Institute.
