VALDOSTA For Simone Martinez, leading a healthy life involves so much more that just diets and doctors. She knows because she is submerged in both worlds as a nurse and a student studying towards her health coach certification.

I will graduate by the end of August, said Martinez.

Martinez is currently going to school online through a one year program to receive her health coach certification with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Upon graduation in August, Martinez will enter an immersion program through the institute to further her education in the field.

Martinez was born and raised in East Germany. In 2002, she began working as a nurse in Germany after graduating with her general nurse license.

Ive been a Registered Nurse (RN) for ten years, said Martinez.

In 2005, she moved to Kaiserslautern, Germany where she met her husband who is in the Air Force in 2006. In 2008, Martinez and her husband moved to the United States. Initially, her husband was stationed at Moody Air Force base. However, her husband was leaving the military and changing careers. As a result, they moved to San Antonio, Texas in 2009.

While there, Martinez worked as a nurse at a university hospital. Switching from becoming a nurse in Germany to one in the United States was no easy task.

I had to retake nursing boards in America, said Martinez.

She obtained a Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification.

I wanted to show that I got education in America, said Martinez.

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