Youth Profile: Perry’s Plaugher balances nursing interest with high school, college classes
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PERRY TOWNSHIP Annabell Plaugher spent her final year of high school working as a nursing assistant in a Lima nursing home, balancing a busy schedule of college classes, athletics and volunteer activities with two part-time jobs, all while the coronavirus pandemic unfolded.
Through it all, the Perry High School senior has maintained a 3.5 grade-point average and a deeper appreciation for her future career as a nurse.
“I was always driven to that profession,” Plaugher said.
Plaugher was inspired to pursue nursing by her grandmother and her aunt, both nurses who were “strong, powerful” women in Plaugher’s life.