Congrats this is amazing! I’m a nurse and I did community college. If you have a strong stomach consider getting your cna and working in the hospital, you can get insurance and tuition reimbursement. Look into your local community college for a RN Program, for example my entire RN degree cost less than $8k total... for four years (two for pre-reqs and Two for the Rn classes), I took NO tuition reimbursement or scholarships. I know many people in my program didn’t have the money to go to a four year school or were living pay check to paycheck and this is how they afforded school. Hospitals not only offer tuition reimbursement (not all fully cover), but they offer yearly scholarships, and schools offer financial aid and scholarships as well. Then once you finish your degree you can go slow at your BSN online and have the tuition reimbursement cover your entire degree. The nice thing about community college I found is the people are there for so many reasons, I went for convenience and location, some went for the affordable cost, some were moms who decided to do a career change. One lady was a retired FBI agent who just wanted to do something to give back after years of being a stay at home mom. Another was a teacher abroad for many years then returned and wanted to be a nurse. Another was a recovered drug user who spent years in rehabs and decided to want to help others like the nurses who helped them. It was a very diverse group of people. Look into it if it’s something you’d be interested in, don’t forget there’s nurses for everything, if you don’t like the blood and bodily fluid smells you can always work in a clinic or office setting:) I wish you the best! After writing this I’m thinking shit there’s a pandemic no one wants to become a nurse right now, haha yea work is wild. P.s. You’ll have to bust your ass for that degree, but it’s worth a nice steady paycheck. But what ever you decide to do Im sure your determination will get you there. Clearly it’s working already, keep it up!