Old Harbour mom and twin daughters complete dream milestones

A mother of three, King made nursing her passion and priority. She enrolled at the University of Technology (UTECH), where she joined her twin daughters – Samantha and Samoya – on campus, proving that education empowers anyone willing to pursue it. To King, learning was more than a means to an end — it was the key to breaking generational poverty.

But her journey to getting here wasn’t linear. Fresh out of high school, a then 18-year Bartons girls became pregnant with twins, a situation that dampened her ambitions but did not derail them. 

Now a registered nurse at Good Shepherd Medical Centre — the very institution that years ago recognized her potential — King celebrates her one-year anniversary in the profession. At the same time, she prepares to cheer on her twin daughters, who recently completed degrees in architecture from UTECH. Their graduation ceremony, postponed by Hurricane Melissa, is now set for January 2026.

“It is more responsibilities and yes the journey was long and rough sometimes but I’m living my dream. I have no regrets,” said the 42-year-old mom of three. Her first initial feeling upon graduating was both a sense of accomplishment and one of relief. “Walking across that stage; hearing my name being called and knowing that it is all done, was so satisfying. Thanks be to God! I’m living my dream.”

King’s childhood ambition never wavered. Growing up in Bartons, she told everyone who asked that she would become a nurse. “Having actually earned the title, that was it for me,” she smiled with an air satisfaction.

The path was far from easy. King had to retake two modules, a setback that brought moments of deep discouragement. “I told my daughters I didn’t feel like finishing,” she admitted. “They kept encouraging me, saying, ‘Mommy, you’ve come so far. Stay the course.’ I had to remind myself what I was working toward.”

Through every challenge, her children remained her motivation, telling Old Harbour News: “They are my biggest cheerleaders.”

“I also had to show them that quitting is not an option just because something gets hard,” she added. 

Now, with late-night study sessions behind her, King is adjusting to life as a full-time nurse — and contemplating what’s next. “I’m so used to writing papers and studying. I wanted a break, but I already feel a little bored,” she laughed. “After the euphoria of graduating, I’m sitting here wondering, what’s next?”

When asked if she would have done anything differently during her college experience, King said that life unfolded as it did for a reason and she does not question but appreciate it for what it was: a lesson in perseverance paid off with sweat and sacrifice. 

“I don’t think I would have done anything differently. I have a set of friends that I bonded with from we started university,” she said. “All of them are younger than I am so they say I am the mother of the group. We did everything together and we still communicate because of the friendship and the respect we developed over the years. They steered me through those technology issues and guided me right through and I appreciate them immensely.

“University has taught me several lessons and has humbled me. I was humble before but this experience showed me that no man is an island. We all have to work with each other and depend on each other, especially when you move into the hospital system where you meet some many different people. The people you are meeting for the first time, the things you are seeing, it all goes to show you that life is precious, it is indeed a gift.” 

Today, Myesha King serves her patients with care, compassion, and competence—all with a smile, while proudly awaiting the day her architect daughters cross their own stage, a testament to a family transformed by perseverance.