On Monday, March 23, CNN reached out to me and a couple of my former classmates to do an interview in response to this petition! The interview went extraordinarily well, and CNN is currently awaiting a statement from the Governor's Office specifically asking about his goals/plans for nursing students and graduates in this position. We are hopeful that he will address this!

Your voices and sharing of this petition with those you know are making a difference. On behalf of myself, all of the nursing students, and nursing graduates, I want to convey how much your support is appreciated in this push to have Governor Gavin Newsom make an executive decision to allow us to help other esteemed medical professionals on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic! Please keep sharing this and let's keep up the advocacy:) Thank you so much!

Best Regards,

Danielle Kaplan, Stanbridge University Nursing Student