Aaron Wabang

About Aaron

• I was born and raised in Cameroon—I knew I wanted to go into medicine and thought I wanted to be a doctor, but where I'm from, there aren’t any options to go to school and pay later.
• Because my family didn’t have enough money for medical school, I got my bachelor’s degree in physics with a teaching option and worked as a physics teacher for a few years.
• I moved to the U.S. in 2003 and worked a few different jobs before joining the Marines, where I served for four years.
• After leaving the Marines, I got my associate’s degree in nursing—I already had a family at that time and didn’t think I’d be able to balance my family and the schooling required to become a doctor.
• I worked as an RN for a while before deciding to pursue my bachelor’s degree—I found Western Governors University online, did a lot of research on the program, and heard a lot of promising reviews.
• I earned my bachelor’s degree in nursing from WGU and took a short break before deciding to go back for my master’s degree.
• I currently work as a charge nurse for dialysis and am pursuing my master’s degree in nursing leadership and management.
• After I receive my master’s degree, I hope to either move into a leadership role in medicine or start teaching again as an adjunct professor for nursing.