Navy Lt. Karen Jimenez Gudino, is not only a registered nurse in the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms (NHTP) Emergency Department at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command Twentynine Palms in California, she's also the daughter of Mexican immigrants. They didn't possess strong language skills, but they did possess a sense of ambition for their children and a desire to raise them in the land of opportunity, Gudino explained. Gudino became interested in healthcare from a nursing program in high school. "Once you complete your first semester of nursing school, you can stand for that board and you can work as a certified nursing assistant in a hospital," she said. During high school she worked in a nursing home. "It was really rewarding being able to help people and save lives," she said. Also during high school, she was in the chess club for four years and served as its president during her senior year. "I'm known as the chess master in the emergency department," she noted.