While balancing a late night job and schoolwork, Kayla Bias, nursing junior from Franklin, strives to help people who suffer with health problems.

  Bias and her sister, Aeriale Bias, decided to pursue nursing because of their long family history of health problems.

  “My family has dealt with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancer and diabetes,” she said. “When I was in the fifth grade, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. My sister and I had to take care of her, and we liked it. So, we chose to become nurses.”

  Bias spends her time working on two minors: addictive behavior psychology and English with a concentration in creative writing.

  “I wanted to double major in English and nursing, but you can’t double major because of nursing,” she said.

  While juggling two minors and a major, Bias also works as a student assistant in Scholars Hall.

  Q: What is one thing that nobody knows about you?

  A: I like things from Tokyo, Japan. I like anime and manga. I want to go to Tokyo when I am 50, so I don’t have to worry about the radiation and stuff.

  Q: If you could teach a class at Nicholls, what would you teach?

  A: I would teach Freshman 101. University Prep gives the basics of being a freshman. Social life is crazy, and they do not tell you what you need to do. People learn that as they go along, especially with financial aid and housing. I would talk about all those things that people have problems with their first year.

  Q: What is your favorite thing to do on the Sims 3?

  A: I like to kill the Sims. It is fun to just come up with ways to kill them because it gets hard when you have a big family.

  Q: What is your favorite book?

  A: My favorite book is “Ruby” by V.C. Andrews. It is a saga that is set in the 1980s in New Orleans. It is about a lot of controversial things. V.C. Andrews talks about a lot of weird things.

  Q: What is your favorite video game?

  A: My favorite video game is Need for Speed. When I was younger, I used to play it everyday. Now I play it like three times a week.

  Q: If you could live in another world, what would it be like?

  A: It would be quiet. It would have some people but not everybody. Everyone would have an opinion and basically say and do what they want. I probably would not start off with laws, but as time goes, I probably would add some.

  Q: If you were locked in a room with a choice of a radio, phone or computer, what would you choose?

  A: I would choose the computer. I would have more to do. I don’t need the phone because I can communicate with messages. I don’t need the radio because I would have music on my computer.

  Q: What is one place where you feel at peace with?

  A: I feel at peace in my room. In my room I can do whatever I want, and I don’t have to worry about anybody doing things that I don’t like.

  Q: If you can be any character, who would you be?

  A: I would be Batman because he is rich. I know money does not buy happiness, but it helps. It would make a lot of things easier. He also makes a big difference.

  Q: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?

A: My greatest accomplishment is not leaving Nicholls. The nursing program is so hard and competitive. I could have just went to Lady of the Lake to do a two-year program, so I’m surprised I’m still here. I want to be here. The nursing program is hard, but it is worth it.