Student Profile: In amazing story of survival and perseverance. #NYIT Student Shelby Caban (M.S. Physician Assistant Studies ‘19) in her own words describes the health obstacles she faced growing up and how they led her to wanting to become a #physicianassistant assistant (PA). You have a remarkable story of survival. Can you talk a little bit about your background? I was born with a rare heart disease called restrictive cardiomyopathy, which ultimately put me into end-stage heart failure at only ten years old. When I was diagnosed, I was immediately placed on the national organ transplant list because the only way to keep me alive was for me to receive a new heart. I was forced to live in the hospital for two months waiting for my new heart. My experience as a patient at such a young age inspired me to go into the medical field. It was surreal to me at first, but my new home intrigued me. I would ask my doctors and nurses so many questions. I knew from then on that this field was whe...