{"id":3163,"date":"2018-07-09T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2018-07-09T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:59:10","slug":"student-success-profile-dalila-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3163","title":{"rendered":"Student Success Profile &#8211; Dalila Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(HARLINGEN) &#8211; Texas State Technical College student Dalila Martinez, 20, is currently working hard on completing her pre-requisites for the Registered Nursing program. The San Benito native is a hard-working student and has achieved a 4.0 grade-point average. She expects to graduate in Spring 2020 with her associate\u2019s degree in Biology.<a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3164 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Dalila Martinez\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DalilaMartinez-StudentProfile-624x446.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans after graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I plan on pursuing a Bachelor of Science in nursing and get a job in my field to serve the Valley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I consider myself a compassionate person and one of the things I enjoy is helping as a volunteer at the hospital in the emergency room, which is why I hope to become a registered nurse and specialize in pediatrics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your greatest accomplishment while at TSTC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy helping tutor other students. Achieving a high grade-point average was a great accomplishment especially because I struggle with math. But with the support of my instructors, it was possible and has allowed me to help other students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What greatest lesson have you learned about yourself or life? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before TSTC, I attended Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi but was unable to finish due to a back injury. Fortunately, I was able to overcome all odds and enroll at TSTC to return to college.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name a TSTC person who most influenced your success.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have too many wonderful instructors to list one in particular. They are all invested in my success and they motivate me to become a better student and maintain good grades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your advice for future TSTC students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My advice would definitely be to use your resources. TSTC provides the help that students need to be successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HARLINGEN) &#8211; Texas State Technical College student Dalila Martinez, 20, is currently working hard on completing her pre-requisites for the Registered Nursing program. The San Benito native is a hard-working student and has achieved a 4.0 grade-point average. She expects to graduate in Spring 2020 with her associate\u2019s degree in Biology. What are your plans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harlingen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3163\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}