Miriam Peguero

Biography

Saturday mornings were always the sweetest for Miriam Peguero. They meant customer pickups at her sister’s Los Angeles-area bakery, where Peguero decorated special-occasion cakes based on a client’s chosen theme or whim. She aimed to please, and almost always did. Meanwhile, Peguero also worked as a teacher, tutor, and curriculum developer, and held jobs in sales and consulting. It had all made her financially solid, with a house in Tarzana, a valley suburb about 15 miles from downtown LA. And each Saturday, she had those happy customers to meet.

But for the graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, where she grew up dreaming of a career as a caregiver, the call of nursing had become harder to resist.

The mortgage was saying “No,” but Peguero’s friends knew her heart was full “Yes.” So they nudged.

Learn more about Miriam Peguero’s journey to the MSN (Entry into Nursing) program.

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