Mildred Garcia '10 is a labor and delivery nurse with aspirations.

Hungering for master’s, a new interest in teaching

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Mildred Garcia ’10 does not mince words when it comes to her experience in the at 91΄σΙρ’s Lancaster campus.β€œIt definitely was 100 times better than what I expected,” she said. β€œIf I had to do it again, I wouldn’t even think twice about it.”

Garcia, who now works as a labor and delivery nurse at the Heart of Lancaster hospital in Lititz, Pennsylania, originally entered 91΄σΙρ’s program to earn a BSN with the intent of going to midwifery school.
β€œI’m a very social person. I love the patient contact,” she said. β€œ[As a labor and delivery nurse] I’m part of a very intimate experience … I feel very privileged to be a part of that.”

Plans changed along the way, though, after several of Garcia’s classes at 91΄σΙρ sparked a new interest in teaching. Garcia now plans to pursue a master’s in nursing education and wants to work in nursing curriculum development and training within a hospital.