He started working at New York University’s Langone Tisch Hospital as a cleaner.

Baez said he always watched the nurses and longed to be like them.

After that, he graduated as a nurse.

Nurse graduates from NYU years after working there as a janitor

Frank Baez was a teenager when he started working as a janitor at New York University’s Langone Tisch Hospital. Photo: Abc News.Source: UGC

Baez has already set his next goal of becoming a critical care nurse in an intensive care unit.

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Nurse graduates from NYU years after working there as a janitor

Baez finished his bachelor’s degree at Hunter College, becoming the first person in his family to graduate from college. Photo: Abc News.Source: UGC