Boyi Bokar Sr., Associate of Science in Nursing, 2010

Boyi Bokar Sr., of Durham, North Carolina, earned an Associate of Science in Nursing in 2010. He shares, “I earned my associate degree in Nursing in 2010, passed the NCLEX Exam and acquired my first nursing job with a teaching hospital, the University Of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill. In 2013, I enrolled in Winston-Salem State University as an undergraduate and graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In 2016, I joined the VA Health System as a staff nurse in an inpatient acute psychiatric unit. Years later, I enrolled in the online Psychiatric Mental Health master’s program at Maryville University as a part-time student. At the same time, I maintained my full-time employment, and in 2022, I graduated with a master’s in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Now, I am a board-certified Nurse practitioner working with the Marion, Illinois, VA Medical Center.”