Choosing my subject was rather hard. There have been so many nurses threw out my life that I have viewed as leaders and looked up not only as nurses but also people. After some consideration, I finally decided that I was going to interview my high school vocational tech teacher. I was in a program called Allied Health that provided us with the skills needed to become Certified Nursing Assistance. She has been a nurse for over 15 years and works as a charge nurse in a local nursing home while also teaching up and coming nurses. My teacher has been working at the high school for the past 10 year and has inspired and helped create hundreds of nurses and other medical professions by inspiring us at such a young age. Over the four years I was in her program, I was able to see her many different qualities that make her such a great leader. First off, she is a compassionate and hardworking individual who inspires those around her to put forth the same effort. She is also kind and genuinely cares about the success of not only her students but also all her patients. To this day she will still check in with me and I know she does this with students that graduated years before me. That being said she also expects her students and coworkers to perform at their best at all times and has no issue telling you when you are not doing your best. One thing I distinctly remember is our first day of clinical in the nursing home. At the time sophomore year in high school I was still unsure if nursing was really what I wanted to do and if it would be something I was good at. She must have sensed this in my and while the rest of my classmates where preforming nail care and helping with feeds, I was paired up one-on-one with a former student of hers who was working at the facility. That day working through this assignment is when I fell in love with nursing and knew I was on the right path. She was able to provide me with that experience and has done this with pretty much all of her student. Of my graduating class from the program, 16 of us entered into nursing programs and the other 6 either went into other medical profession or did not go to college and countified to work as CNAs. The aspect of her leadership that is most inspiring is her drive and passion for what she is doing. She truly loves nursing and pays it forward to the profession by inspiring young nurses. Getting to work with her not only in the classroom but also in the clinical setting taught me the aspects that make someone a great nurse as well as leader. Going into this interview, I am excited to learn more about my teachers roles as a leader and how she views them. I’d also like to learn how she uses her leadership skills in the classroom versus the workplace and if they are similar and overlapping in approach’s. I am mostly looking forward to the opportunity to learn more about the leadership qualities in the person who inspired me to enter this profession