PUHI — Five second-year Kauai Community College Nursing students recently received the Jo Douglass Nursing Scholarships from Jim Douglass in honor of his late mother, Jo Douglass.

“It is an honor to me to honor my mom and my dad,” Jim Douglass said in a release from KCC. “My mom has always been in the game of helping people in various ways in healthcare.”

Scholarships, and a rose, were presented to Gillian Perdido, Heather Seely, Madison Keane, John Nostares and Ashlie Williams.

“I’m a mom of three young daughters,” Seely said. “Being a nurse has always been a dream of mine, and I realized there was never going to be an easy time. I’m so inspired by all the nurses who came before me.”

Perdido said both her parents were nurses, and they inspired her to go into the healthcare field.

“My

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