​Andrew Dierkes, 19, is a sophomore at Penn Nursing and while not occupied with his studies as a full time student, Dierkes can be found working at one of his two part-time jobs, as the manager of "Dinner with Gregory" at the Gregory College House and as the organist for Sunday Mass at St. Donato Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.

Dierkes credits his unusually large family, he is the third oldest of eight, for shaping who he is today. To read more visit:  http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-nursing-student-s-family-ties-propel-him-forward