When Caitlyn Keelin walks the halls of Portneuf Medical Center’s progressive care unit, she’s not just a nurse tending to patients—she’s proof of what determination, community and the right support system can achieve.

Keelin’s path to nursing wasn’t a straight line. She became a mother at 15, earned her GED in Wyoming after leaving high school and started pursuing a career in pharmacy before stepping away to raise her growing family. Years later, while working full time in a call center and raising four children, she decided to take a leap she’d long dreamed about.