WCC grad: Returning student proves graduation possible

Can I do this?

The self-doubts of a wife and mother in her mid-forties seeped into my brain. Can I really "do" school again? I remember researching the possibilities as my two sons finished our home-school program and entered into their prospective colleges. I found information on becoming a surgery technologist, a physical therapist assistant and a medical assistant that intrigued me. I had become interested in the healthcare field in 2003 when I needed to have surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham. The nurses' care sparked my desire to serve people that were hurting or in need of care. It was pretty easy to narrow it down to the medical assisting program at Whatcom Community College. I wanted to have a hands-on approach to helping people in a clinical setting and Whatcom's academic excellence had been a successful part of my college career in the past.