A career in healthcare,
built around your life.
CNA Pathways is a 5-week Certified Nursing Assistant training program coming to Visalia, CA. Monday through Friday. Online and in-person classes — all clinical training is conducted in Visalia, California. Tuition $1,400 with payment plans.
You want a real career. You can't quit your life to get one.
Most CNA programs were designed for people without bills, kids, or a 40-hour week. Three months of daytime classes. Zero flexibility. Tuition that climbs every year. So the people who would make great healthcare workers — the caregivers, the second-shifters, the parents — get filtered out before they ever start.
CNA Pathways is being built for them. For the Central Valley. For people who need a schedule that bends, tuition that's transparent, and a faster path to a paycheck in healthcare.
Three steps from waitlist to white coat
We're keeping the path simple. Here's how it works the moment we launch.
Join the waitlist
Takes 60 seconds. Be the first to know when enrollment opens, and qualify for a free clinical starter kit if you're one of the first 30 students.
Get enrollment access
Once state approval is received, you'll be among the first to see cohort dates. Pick online or in-person — same 5-week schedule, same outcome.
Start your career
Complete the training, prep for the California state CNA exam, and step onto the healthcare career ladder. CNA is just step one.
CNA is step one. The ladder goes way higher.
The healthcare ladder rewards everyone who climbs it. Every rung you reach unlocks the next door — and the next paycheck.
Salary ranges based on California BLS healthcare wage data. Individual outcomes vary by employer, location, and experience.
The first 30 students get the tools they need on day one
These are the same tools used in clinicals and on the California state skills exam. Free at enrollment for the first 30 students. No upgrade. No catch.
Gait belt
The essential safety tool for assisting patients with mobility, transfers, and ambulation. You'll use it every single clinical shift.
Blood pressure cuff
A medical-grade BP cuff for practicing manual blood pressure readings — one of the most-tested skills on the state exam.
Stopwatch
For timing pulse, respirations, and other timed skills during clinicals and on the state skills exam.
The free clinical starter kit is limited to the first 30 students who complete enrollment. Free to join the waitlist. No commitment.
Healthcare needs people. The Valley has them.
California's Central Valley has one of the steepest healthcare worker shortages in the state. We're being built to close that gap — in the cities where the need is biggest.
Start learning before we even launch
We're publishing what we wish someone had told us about starting a CNA career. Free to read. No signup required.
How to become a CNA in California
The step-by-step path from zero healthcare experience to certified CNA. Requirements, timeline, costs.
Read the guide →About the California CNA exam
What's on the California CNA written and skills exam — and how to walk in confident.
Read the guide →CNA salary in California
Real numbers by city. What CNAs make in Visalia, Fresno, Bakersfield, and across the state.
See salaries →The CNA career path
CNA → LVN → RN → and beyond. What each step looks like, how long it takes, what it pays.
See the path →How to pay for CNA training
Scholarships, workforce programs, and employer-sponsored options most people miss.
See the options →What does a CNA actually do?
Honest look at the day-to-day. What you'll love, what's hard, who thrives in this work.
Read it →What people ask us first
Your healthcare career is closer than you think.
Join the waitlist. Be the first to know when enrollment opens. First 30 students get a free clinical starter kit. Zero commitment, zero cost.