In honor of Mother’s Day and Nurse’s Week, meet the second generation of UCF Knight nurses, and third generation of nurses, who were inspired by a mother’s calling to care for others.
“My mom inspired me to pursue nursing,” says Linah Monize, a junior nursing student at UCF Orlando. “I grew up watching her further her education in healthcare, first as a nurse and then as a nurse practitioner.”
Her mother, Mildride Monize ’99 ’04 ’23DNP, was inspired to become a nurse by her own mother who migrated from Haiti to the U.S. and worked in various roles as a registered nurse.
“My mother has always been a loving, caring, and independent person,” Mildride says. “She showed me that her career in nursing allowed her to achieve many of her goals,” says the three-time alumna.
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