According to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, only three percent of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are Black or African American. Sophomore undergraduate nursing student Mercedes McCall’s long-term goal is to join those numbers.

How does a nursing student at Drexel find herself in the middle of chest compressions at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) during her third week of co-op? Meet Hannah Stetson, a junior undergraduate nursing student in Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.