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Evening Student of the Semester – Yakima Irving

Yakima Irving

Congratulations to our Student of the Semester in the Evening College Yakima Irving!

Yakima Irving better known as “Kim” was born in Beacon, NY and was raised in Yonkers, NY where she still resides today.  She is a single mother of two amazing and loving children, a daughter 23 and a son 27, who are her true support system on this new journey. She graduated from St. Anne’s in Albany, NY in 1992.

Yakima has always had a passion for helping and working with people, which lead her on the path to work in the medical field. This journey started as a CNA in 2007, and then she went on to earn her Associates of Occupational Studies, Hospital Health Services Management in 2013 at Heritage College. That degree led her to a position with Crossroads Hospice, which has inspired her to one-day start her own hospice company here in New York.

Yakima chose to attend The College of Westchester after seeing a billboard one day while waiting for the bus on her way home from a long day at both of her jobs. She had been thinking for some time about going back to school so she could have a career that she had a true passion for, instead of working at a job just to make ends meet.  After her meeting with the admissions team, she knew that CW was a perfect fit with the Adult Learning program that was geared for working adults.

Yakima enrolled in the BBA-Health Services Administration (HSA) program and hit the ground running.  In her first year, she has made the President’s List twice and was inducted in the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society. Yakima will graduate in 2022 and earn her Bachelor’s degree in HSA.   She is looking forward to making her mark in the healthcare industry as a Patient Care Manager.  Yakima has a special goal after she graduates and that is to give back to the school that has given her so much and to inspire students to be Warrior Strong!

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