This is a multi-part series celebrating Arizona College of Nursing students, their stories, and their embodiment of the AZCN values.
In 2023, Arizona College of Nursing established the AZCN Values Scholarship Fund as a way to celebrate our values with our colleagues, our students, and the communities in which we serve. Each time an AZCN colleague recognizes another colleague for demonstrating our values, $5 is added to the scholarship fund. These add up to $5,000 scholarships awarded to students the following year who have demonstrated our values within their communities.
Join us in celebrating 2025 AZCN Values Scholarship recipient Jahmya Moore as she shares some of her journey to nursing:
AZCN Student Aligns Her Passion with a Mission
Meet AZCN Values Scholarship Recipient, Jahmya Moore, a Nursing Student at the AZCN Phoenix Campus. Inspired by the strong women in her family to become a nurse, Jahmya is dedicated to transforming her personal experiences with loss into a source of comfort and strength for her future patients.
Watch Jahmya’s video here:
Jahmya Shares Her Path to Nursing
I’ve always believed that my purpose on this earth is to spread love and help people in need. I am an extreme empath who feels things deeply, and I carry not only my own pain but the pain of those around me. That part of me has shaped everything I do, especially my dream of becoming a nurse.
Some of the most defining moments of my life have come through loss. Not long ago, I lost my first cousin to gun violence. I was still grieving when, just weeks later, I lost the father of my daughter the same way. I will never forget the moment I saw his body lying cold on the ground in front of me. That image is something I carry every day, and it’s not out of weakness, but as fuel for my purpose. I remember feeling helpless in that moment, wishing I could have done something to save him. That feeling is what drives me to become a nurse, to never stand helpless when someone is in need again. To do everything I can to prevent another human being feeling the way I felt.
Nursing is not just a profession to me; it is personal. It is my way of turning pain into purpose. I want to be there for people in their most vulnerable moments and offer not just clinical care, but true compassion. I know what it feels like to suffer in silence, and I want to be a comforting presence to those who are hurting emotionally and physically. Nursing also runs in my blood. My mother, grandmother, and cousin are all nurses. They’ve shown me what it means to lead with empathy, strength, and selflessness. They are both head of their departments and that’s something I look up to. I plan to carry that same legacy, but with my own voice and mission, which is to be a light in places where people often feel darkness.
Q&A with Jahmya
Q: When did you know you wanted to be a nurse?
J: I graduated from high school early so I could start school because I wanted to be a surgeon. But after getting pregnant, things happened, and I wasn’t in school; I was trying to take care of my child. I just felt like I wanted to do something and put my skills to use. I wanted to use my heart for the right reasons. I was depressed during my whole pregnancy, and I couldn’t work, couldn’t eat, sleep, nothing. I wasn’t thinking about school, but seeing my mom come home from work and tell her stories with her scrubs on about how she helped people, and even seeing my grandma, who could retire, but still chooses to work as a nurse, motivated me to just snap out of it.
Q: What made you apply to Arizona College of Nursing?
J: I enrolled at another school that was online, but I felt like I needed to be in person. I already started my classes, and I didn’t want to quit again when I just started, so I said I was going to finish my pre-reqs and just see if I could transfer… [At] Arizona College of Nursing, we came in person to class, I could be face to face to my instructors, and I could ask for help. It was all better for me in person rather than online. [Once I started,] everyone was so nice, the staff was amazing and helped me get to my classes, all my teachers were so nice, and the classmates were so helpful. I felt like this is where I need to be.
Q: What does receiving the Values Scholarship mean to you?
J: [Receiving this scholarship] boosted my self-esteem, my confidence, and made me realize that I can do whatever I put my mind to. Just keep going no matter what and don’t quit again, don’t run. It really grounded me and made me look at the school differently since I also won a scholarship for single moms, and that is helping a lot. Both [scholarships] have changed how the rest of my couple of years [at AZCN] are going to go and make me feel like people are behind [me] and supporting [me]. They want to see [us] succeed.
Start Your Future in Nursing Today
If you’re considering a career as a registered nurse (RN), Arizona College of Nursing is here to help you pursue your dream. Our BSN program enables you to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in just 3 years or less with qualifying transfer credits. We’ve helped hundreds of students to earn a BSN degree and enter the nursing profession – and we’re ready to support you on your path to becoming an RN.
Why Choose Arizona College of Nursing?
- Earn a BSN degree in 3 years or less with eligible transfer credits
- Campus locations throughout the US
- Night classes for general education courses
- Hybrid Online/In-Person format for general education classes
- Nursing education is all we do
- CCNE-Accredited Program*
- NCLEX-RN success coaches and exam preparation class
- Financial aid available to those who qualify
Discover Your Path to a Career in Nursing
Information in this post is accurate as of September 14, 2026.
*The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at Arizona College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (https://www.aacnnursing.org/). All Arizona College of Nursing and Arizona College campuses are institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (https://www.abhes.org/), a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting agency.