CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- For Samantha Krupa, pursuing a career in nursing is a calling.

"My dad got really sick when I was younger, and he was flown to an ICU here at UNC-Chapel Hill, all the way from California. The way that the nursing team treated my family and just him during one of the hardest parts of my life, I was just like, I want to be you," Krupa recalled.

She is now a BSN student at UNC-Chapel Hill, serving as president of UNC IPEP.

"It's really been full circle. I'm not going to lie, not every moment is magical. Those pharmacology exams can kind of be a little difficult sometimes, but it's been really impactful and just pushed me through almost graduating now to my capstone because it really has given me a strong why for why I'm here and why nursing," Krupa explained.

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