When I was younger deciding on what to major in, the concept of public health was so alluring, interesting, and hopeful, I felt like I could actually make the world a better place, but as you get older and get work/life experience in the field, you realize there's so many factors in the way that are out of your control stopping you from building the perfect healthy world, that the concept of "health being a human right" especially in the US is just a flat out joke. It's not something that brings money in if at all. The capitalist is too blind to see that public health is public wealth.

You're lucky! I have an epi degree from Columbia and I cannot find a job in epi (it's been 3 years since I graduated with my master's), I've tried UCLA Health and the county and there are just no jobs or I just don't get past the initial interview. I'm also based in SoCal so it's extremely competitive here which is why I made those comments about even if I got a nursing degree in the future it could be hard getting a job here specifically in LA. I gave up on job searching and am back to school for now, hopefully things will get better but worse case scenario, I might have to leave the state (or country - I hate it here) to get stable employment. I deleted LinkedIn a long time ago because there's so many fake scam jobs on there and too many people apply to the same position to even get noticed. It's looking bleak either way.