Shealyn Leedy is a nursing major at Northern Arizona University who plans on working at Flagstaff Medical Center after graduating.
Shealyn Leedy will be graduating as part of the first class from Northern Arizona University's College of Nursing on Friday. In addition to her coursework, she has spent her time at the university making change through student government and volunteering.
Inspired by her older sister, who is a pediatric nurse, Leedy has been interested in medicine since a young age. Leedy said the semester she spent learning about critical care and caring for patients in the intensive care unit and emergency departments led her to choose her specialty.
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