I am originally from San Diego, California. During my childhood, my dad had been hospitalized and underwent open heart surgery. I was only 5 or 6 years old at the time, and it made quite an impression. When I was in high school, he was hospitalized again for an infection in his blood. After his recovery, he asked me if I had ever thought about being a nurse, and the idea stuck. I attended Point Loma Nazarene University for my BSN and completed Air Force ROTC at San Diego State University.

I specialize in caring for vulnerable women and children, aiming to ensure that all people receive quality, compassionate care, while also being an expert in promoting maternal and child health domestically and globally. From evaluating breastfeeding policies in the Middle East to the impact of long acting reversible contraception in sub-Saharan Africa, I am committed to empowering women and families.

I'm originally from Long Beach, California, and studied bio-psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. While I had volunteered at hospitals during my undergraduate career, it wasn't until I became a patient with partial paralysis that nurses really became heroes in my eyes. It was then that I decided I wanted to be that advocate and caretaker for families in both their happiest and hardest life moments.

I decided to become a nurse for the same reason everyone does — to get rich! When you get a message from a parent celebrating the birthday of one of your little miracles, well there is nothing in the world more valuable than that.

I earned my BSN with distinction from Sun Yat-sen University and later completed my MS at the School of Public Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

I am a first-generation Latino college graduate and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from East Carolina University. For the past two years, I have worked as a medical assistant at a primary care clinic, where approximately 85% of the patients are native Spanish speakers. I have been made aware of the severe lack of Spanish speaking medical professionals that are available to assist the Hispanic population with their medical needs.