“I know my husband would be proud” - UG graduand Nurse Stacey Boatswain shares her journey of faith, loss and perseverance

(Kaieteur News) – When Nurse Stacey Boatswain lost her husband in an accident in April 2025, she was left to face a reality she had never imagined. She was grieving the man who had supported her dreams, trying to hold her family together and struggling to find the strength to continue the degree programme she had started with his encouragement. There were days when she wanted to walk away from university altogether. But she stayed, even when continuing felt harder than she could explain.

On Tuesday, November 17, 2026, Stacey will walk across the University of Guyana’s graduation stage to receive her Bachelor Degree in Nursing from the College of Medical Sciences (CMS), Department of Nursing. Her husband will not be there to witness the moment, but she is certain he would have been proud.

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Stacey’s husband, who worked as a driver with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), died while returning from Ituni, where he travelled with a team to assess soil conditions for cotton planting. His death came during the second semester of Stacey’s final year at the University of Guyana.