King George County, Virginia— Gina Redford is another Eastern Virginia Career College success story. Originally from Maine,Gina married arising U.S.Navy Lt. Commander,and they haven’t stopped packing and moving since—as many as five times in seven years! They have three children; the youngest is age 3.
Before becoming a busy mom and spouse, Gina was a full-time paramedic and always considered herself the ‘alpha’ person in the group, ready to jump first into a situation and solve problems. This skill set and personal drive has enticed her to do more, and in late 2017she decided to enroll in nursing school.
Colleges in Virginiacan takeas much as24-36 months to complete an Associate Degree in Nursing in order to receive an R.N. license. With her children’s schedules to consider, Gina needed a fast-track solution. She found exactly that with EVCC and enrolled.
Gina says, “I chose EVCC because I was able to use my husband’s G.I. Bill to pay for most of the tuition, and they had a more intimate class setting where everything is in one building. I don’t have to run around a campus for classes scattered throughout the day, and I’m in a concentrated training environment that gets me homebefore the school bus arrives. My cohort of 22 have become close friends that I’m sure I will have for many years to come.”
Her primary instructor, Mrs. Rodriguez, was “quite challenging” to Gina at first as she adapted to not being the alpha in the room, but she cherishes her experience at EVCC from the first contact on the website (www.EVCC.EDU) to her graduation just 14.5 months later; insisting that Rodriguez be the one to pin herat graduation,an honor requested ofa Nurse’s most influential instructor that recognizes a graduate into the sisterhood of nursing.
