All children dream to become something extraordinary. Some hope to one day work as an astronaut, fashion designer, or even a racecar driver. But as they grow and change so do their ideas. Even at such a young age, one little girl’s fantasy stays alive in the mind of this, now highschooler. For her, it’s actually turning into reality.

Beginning at only four years old, senior Bryannah Nolette got her first taste of what it was like to care for and attend to to the needs of others. Specifically three of her own siblings. Fighting for their lives, the triplet premature babies had a low chance of survival.

It was only thanks to the help of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and Nolette and her family’s support, that they managed to pull through. Ever since that experience, Nolette is intrigued by anything medical. This marked the beginning of Nolette’s dream, which she now is working to accomplish, becoming a doctor.

“My siblings were born 3-4 months premature, and they had to spend around one hundred or so days in the NICU,” said Nolette. “It’s really hard having to see them being so little go through that.”

The struggle that they encountered daily is one of the many reasons she chose to work in this field, so she herself is able to give that help to others like them. Reflecting back, Nolette shares what it was like day to day for her.

“I remember having to wear masks, even if we had just been sneezing a little bit,” said Nolette. “We were so worried about getting them sick.”

The dedicated specialists, and positive words from her dad, always tried their best to help Nolette understand when things became confusing.

“It was hard for me, because for the first couple months I couldn’t hold them,” said Nolette. “My dad kept saying, ‘they are here but you can’t touch them’. It was hard to understand, especially for a four year old.”

It was always a guessing game in their earliest stages of life. But she says that if it wasn’t for the full staff team, there was no way that they would have made it at all.

“They’re thirteen now, and saying that, the NICU has been and will always be a pretty big influence for me,” Nolette said.

With her siblings as inspiration, Nolette hopes that she can inspire other parents and children, like the doctors did for her, by becoming a part of the medical field herself.

“I’m always going to continue to learn new things,” said Nolette. “There’s really an infinite amount of things to learn in this field, and I’m ready for it.”