Justin Molina is a Pursue Alum and a nurse at Lurie Children's Hospital. Justin's passion for nursing was inspired by his aunt while she was studying to become a nurse. "Growing up she would watch me on the weekends and I would be co-hosting her sessions of a lot of homework and studying as she was becoming a nurse. I have always been interested in the healthcare field, using my hands, interested in the sciences, and understanding the anatomy of what the body is all about," said Molina.

During Justin's college journey, he describes the financial support Pursue Scholars has given him, but he also describes the spiritual and community support Pursue has given him. "With the pressure and stress of a new school, pursuing higher education that will ultimately make your full-time decision as to what your life would look like for the rest of your life, all of those decisions can be pressuring and stressful. So being able to come back to a place where I can find likeminded people who are around me and within my same age group, who were going through the same thing as I was, and having leaders to support me going through that through Pursue was helpful..." said Molina.

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