{"id":1201,"date":"2022-01-07T12:55:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:58:28","slug":"tscs-cna-program-serves-as-first-step-toward-successful-nursing-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/2022\/01\/07\/tscs-cna-program-serves-as-first-step-toward-successful-nursing-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"TSC\u2019s CNA program serves as first step toward successful nursing careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/BISD-TSC-CNA-Grad-Karla-Aguirre-300x200-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Karla Aguirre moved to the United States two years ago with her family and dreams of pursuing a career in the health care field.<\/p>\n<p>This week, she was able to see one of those dreams come true as a graduate of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at Texas Southmost College.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old is a Brownsville Independent School District Adult Education program student who was one of nearly 30 students who earned certificates of completion during one of three CNA program pinning ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>During these ceremonies, students from the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District and Jubilee Brownsville also graduated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so excited and happy about beginning this new chapter in my life,\u201d said the Matamoros native. \u201cI was pursuing health studies in Mexico, so to be given the opportunity here in the states, is a huge steppingstone for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aguirre worked as a health care provider while living in Mexico. She knew helping others and promoting wellness was her calling, even though moving to the U.S. brought challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took time for me to validate my high school diploma from Mexico so I wouldn\u2019t have to start all over,\u201d said Aguirre. \u201cBut it was well worth it, because here I am, confident, prepared and ready for a future in nursing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a different path for Los Fresnos High School senior and CNA graduate Dariana Aguirre. The 18-year-old started working toward a career in health care as a high school freshman saying it was her grandfather\u2019s words during his battle with cancer that inspired her, so TSC\u2019s CNA program was an opportunity she could not pass up during her last year in high school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would take care of my grandpa, giving him his medicine and making sure he was comfortable and always well taken care of,\u201d said Dariana. \u201cHe would call me his \u2018little nurse,\u2019 so to make that vision come true at only 18, is a proud moment. This is for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding that she is prepared and confident to enter the field, Dariana said she plans on completing her certifying exams in the coming months to begin working as a CNA as soon as she graduates from high school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom lectures to clinicals, this program has prepared me and given me the confidence to start working\u2026I\u2019m ready,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not stopping here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dariana plans on continuing her education and perhaps become a registered nurse, but said she also has interest in becoming a physical therapist, so she is keeping her options and her mind open.<\/p>\n<p>As for Aguirre, she plans to return to TSC to pursue a certificate in vocational nursing before working toward her goal of becoming a registered nurse.<\/p>\n<p>TSC CNA trainer Maria Celia De La Garza said every student who graduated this week is on the right path toward fulfilling their goal of having a successful career in health care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week we celebrated their success, their achievements and we can\u2019t wait to see where this path takes them,\u201d she said. \u201cMany have gone on to become nurses, physician assistants and even doctors. I\u2019m so proud of each and every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about TSC\u2019s Certified Nursing Assistant program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.edu\/workforce-training-and-career-education\/\">tsc.edu\/wtce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karla Aguirre moved to the United States two years ago with her family and dreams of pursuing a career in the health care field. This week, she was able to see one of those dreams come true as a graduate of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at Texas Southmost College. 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