About Me

My name is Brittany and I am a mother of five wonderful children between the ages of one and fifteen.  I have recently enrolled in college at South University in order to attain, first, a bachelor's degree in nursing and then a master's degree as a family nurse practitioner.  Many years ago as a young adult, I attempted to begin college immediately out of high school, but had trouble finding childcare for my oldest child, whom I had only a few months after high school graduation.  As a result, my education was put on hold so that I could care for him.

The most substantial concern for me in life has always been the provision of a proper environment for my children to be raised in, especially in their formative years.  Currently four of my children are school age, so this issue has become less of a constraint on me.  With the time that they are attending school now becoming available for me to utilize for my own personal development, I knew that my life was finally coming to a point that college would finally present itself as a realistic, attainable option.  I've always been the type of person who enjoys learning and I constantly search for opportunities in which I can accomplish that desire to know.

Recently, I was laid off from my employment as the office manager of a small home health care agency.  With a critical lack of employment prospects, education qualifications, and responses to the applications that I submitted following the lay off, I decided that my home, personal life and schedule could be arranged in order to permit my return to college.  With my return to an academic environment, I am able to fulfill that desire in a more structured way and, as a result, I am attaining the intellectual satisfaction that I have always instinctively sought in life.  My return to college, at this point in life, has helped to make me an all-around happy, fulfilled and content person.