Phoebe has been a journalist, a photographer, and a yoga teacher.

And I was pretty clear that I wanted to be a therapist for a long time and then also decided that I wanted to be able to prescribe as well.

She found out in an email.

It made me cry, honestly.

Nursing school is really hard.

I'm nine months in at this point, and so I think it felt like just a really meaningful recognition of what I've done and what my goals are.

It really re-inspired my commitment to the state of Rhode Island and really made me think about how my future work can give back.