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AI: Well, now tell me, at that time in that early beginnings at college, did you already have an idea of what field you wanted to go into? How did you decide on a career path?

CN: Well, it was... I think it was already set. I remember my mother saying that, "It would be well if you would do something to help other people." And she herself wanted to be become a Red Cross nurse rather than get married. And so even though I enjoyed the work that I did at the hospital at Tule Lake, I was told that it would be difficult to get to, get into medical school. So I put that out of my mind and decided that, it would be kind of fun to work with kids. And so I didn't say I'm going to be a social worker. I wish I had. But I sort of stumbled into all this because I found myself volunteering for the YWCA and Camp Fire and that kind of thing, and at Neighborhood House. So I just sort of stumbled into it.

AI: So it sounds like you had a very rich life as a student in your student years. That you were --

CN: Yeah, I did. It was lots of fun. I was in student government and learned a lot through my time on the Board of Control and the Association of Women Students and a group called Independent Women, called Phrateries, which I think is almost nil now. But, anyway... and spent some time with Valedas, but by that time, I was involved with, with other things on the campus so I did not spend too much time there.

AI: And also you were socializing and you had a dating life also.

CN: Well, yes, I did. But I've always said that that was the best years of my life.

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