From everyday wins to extraordinary efforts, our members’ stories highlight the strength, solidarity, and impact of our union. Help us build a wall of truth: We may not be able to share every story, but every voice helps shape our union’s vision and our future.
Pursuing a Business Administration degree was instrumental in enhancing my understanding of healthcare management—providing the tools to analyze data-driven decisions, advocate effectively for clinicians, and assume leadership roles that influence positive change in our workplaces.
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Providers have made me feel like I couldn’t go to them to ask questions because they already assumed the negative. I am a nurse and know how to navigate the system, but I wonder about other Black moms. I wish more medical providers were aware of their own biases and how they are coming off to the patients they care for.
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I didn’t become a nurse until I was 30. I had lived a lot of life before stepping into patient care, and that gave me perspective. When someone’s in a hospital bed facing one of the hardest days of their life, they want someone who gets it, who’s not just there to check boxes. I needed to have real-world experience to show up for people like that.
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As I was sitting there holding her, trying to figure out how to make her breathe and eat, a nurse started talking to me. That first nurse contact with my daughter encouraged me to change my entire life.
The people I grew up with deserve to be given care not based on how much they earn, but on how much they need. Believe me, I understand the tough choices that good RNs must make to support their own families.
