During the second night of the Miss America preliminary in Atlantic City, most competitors demonstrated their abilities through singing, dancing, or musical acts.

Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson, stood out for her emotional speech about caring for an elderly Alzheimer’s patient. Wearing nursing scrubs, she touched the crowd with her poignant narrative.

Kelley graduated from Grand View University with a nursing degree in 2015, where she was valedictorian.

She currently works as a registered nurse, and regardless of how the competition turns out, she has already won many people’s hearts.