Dani Hillenbrand, a wheelchair user, graduates from George Fox University College of Nursing in Oregon

                                     Dani Hillenbrand received her diploma from Dr. Robin Baker, President

Blair Best authored an article about Dani Hillenbrand that included the following.

"Last year, while she was already in nursing school, Hillenbrand suffered a catastrophic medical event that left her in a wheelchair. While many would be discouraged, Hillenbrand said it pushed her to work even harder.

“When it comes to what I do and what I know I can do, it’s not challenging — the challenges that I do face are imposed by society, and assumptions made about disabled people,” she said."

Hillenbrand has this message for other wheelchair users looking to get into healthcare:

“You can’t let your advocacy for yourself waver. You have to know that you’re going to have to advocate really hard for yourself throughout all of it.”

Read more about Dani Hillenbrand at:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/newberg-woman-becomes-first-wheelchair-user-oregon-graduate-nursing-school/283-3933da0d-ecef-4277-980a-9c9592bf602b

Cheers!

Donna