Professor of Nursing Education

Currently, I continue to teach nursing education. I have taught in several areas of nursing including vocational nursing, and undergraduate nursing programs. My experience includes seventeen years of as professor of nursing at Citrus College, Azusa Pacific University & Los Angeles Unified School District.

I teach all aspects of didactic, laboratory, high definition simulation laboratories, and clinical for Medical/Surgical I, II, III (RNRS 191, 192, 195), and Gerontology (RNRS 290), Obstetrical Nursing (RNRS 194) Nursing for ADN program. I also assist and team-teach for various VN program curriculum courses. Additionally, I served as the ADN program assistant director/coordinator for 3 years.

Prior to going into teaching I worked as a Research Nurse, as a Home Health Medical/Surgical Adult and Pediatric Nurse, Labor & Delivery, Pediatric Emergency, Skilled Nursing Facility Supervisor, and Orthopedic Medical-Surgical Unit Nurse.

I was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States at age seven. I was eager to learn and had many teachers who were my role models in public schools. I grew up in a single parent home and teen mother, I surpassed what could have been a statistic and succeeded to achieve the American dream.

Education

Doctor of Nursing Practice, California State University, FullertonFullerton, CA, Spring 2019

Post-Graduate, Family Nurse Practitioner, Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA, Summer 2011

Master of Science in Nursing, Mount Saint Mary’s College Los Angeles, CA, Fall 2008

Designated Subjects Vocational Teaching Credential, University of San Diego San Diego, CA, February 2008

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, Fall 2004

Associate of Arts Degree in Nursing, Mount Saint Mary’s College Los Angeles, CA, February 1999

Licensed Vocational Nurse, Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles, CA, August 1989