Impact Stories
A Calling Answered: Margarita's Story
PACE Manager of Nursing Practice Margarita Garcia, RN, BSN, PHN, MSN, exemplifies a caregiver who lives her calling daily through skill, empathy, and kindness.
PACE Manager of Nursing Practice Margarita Garcia, RN, BSN, PHN, MSN, exemplifies a caregiver who lives her calling daily through skill, empathy, and kindness.
A Mother's Influence
Garcia's narrative traces how her mother's informal caregiving work in a Mexican village inspired her lifelong nursing vocation.
In Mexico, back in the day, many people in small towns practiced nursing without being nurses.”
Margarita Garcia
The Joy of Nursing
Despite lacking formal guidance, she pursued her dream, crediting mentors who recognized her potential and provided support during her education at East Los Angeles College and Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.
Nursing is amazing! You teach, you care for patients, and yet it is teaching and caring for you, too.”
Margarita Garcia
Paying It Forward
The story emphasizes nursing as a calling rooted in service and community support, highlighting how nurses uplift and encourage each other professionally.
You need to help someone struggling like you are.”
Advice from a charge nurse
who gave Garcia $500 for textbooks
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