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Our Nurse of the Week is Misty Eskridge, a 47-year-old resident of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, who graduated with her nursing degree from Central New Mexico Community College this past fall. She has been on a path to a nursing career since 1992 but after extenuating circumstances forced her to put her nursing career on hold, she still found her way back years later.
Eskridge tells abqjournal.com, “We had a family, and then my family was first, then my community, and then working for the school, and then I just decided, hey, it’s my time.”
Although Eskridge never lost per passion for nursing, going back to school wasn’t an option for many years, especially financially. Scholarships helped her pay for nursing school, awarding her peace of mind and a lot of stress off her family.
The Schumann Foundation, a local organization founded by Rio Rancho resident and Kiwanis Club member Douglas Schumann, awarded Eskridge a $2,000 scholarship in 2017 and matched her DeGroot-Akins Rotary Scholarship in 2018.
To learn more about Misty Eskridge, a 47-year-old nurse from New Mexico who just achieved her dream of graduating from nursing school thanks to help from scholarships, visit here.
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