Scholars

2020s Cycles

Nicholas Perrino 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: A Chicago native, Eleanore C. Lambertsen scholarship winner Nicholas Perrino did his undergraduate work at Loyola University and continued with his graduate work at Northwestern University and Columbia. He currently serves as the Director of Professi... read more.

Carolyn Rios 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: NEF scholarship winner Carolyn Rios earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Buffalo. During that time she also participated in two summer internships – one at Rochester Medical Center in the MICU/CCU and one at NYU Langone Medical Center... read more.

Dina Salvatore 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: With NEF scholarship winner Dina Salvatore we have a two time winner. Dina is continuing to pursue her graduate degree at the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. One of Dina’s primary concerns is the lack of sufficient medical care in th... read more.

Sean Thompson 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: Winning the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/Ada Mutch scholarship is Sean Thompson, a native Californian. Getting his BS in Neurobiology, Physiology and behavior in 2003, Sean went to live and work in Ne... read more.

Carrie Tudor 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship Carrie Tudor is currently enrolled in the PhD Program at The John Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her previous experience includes working as a public health professional with health providers and m... read more.

Amanda Younger 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: NEF scholarship winner Amanda Younger is completing her Adult Nurse Practitioners degree at Madonna University on Livonia, MI. Her primary goal is to work within a primary care setting to actively promote health and prevent chronic disease. Her long... read more.

Julia Yurcich 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The Miriam M. Powell scholarship went to Julia Yurcich who received her BS degree from Grand Canyon University in Arizona in 2008. She continued on to the DNP program with an emphasis in geriatrics at Arizona State University. While working on her ed... read more.

Deborah Benes-Nadworny 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: After receiving her BSN and MSN from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Deborah Benes-Nadworny geared her career to academia teaching Pediatric Nursing at Fitchburg State University in Lowell, Massachusettes. She maintains her interest... read more.

Peggy Berry 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Peggy Berry, with 25 years of health care experience is using her NEF scholarship to pursue her Doctorate at the University of Cincinnati. Certified as a Senior Human Resources Professional she has done extensive research and programs on workplace vi... read more.

Erica Brown 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Continuing for her Masters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing where she also obtained her undergraduate degree is Erica Brown. Erica took time off from her work as an RN in the multi-trauma intermediate care unit at the Univer... read more.

Tiffany Brown 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Tiffany Brown is continuing towards her goal of becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner at Wright State University where she obtained her undergraduate degree. She is also currently working as a Diabetes Educator and, after she gets her Masters, will co... read more.

Pamela Crary 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Pamela Crary, NEF scholarship winner, received her MSN at the University of Wisconsin where she focused on Nursing Education. Now, while continuing her graduate work at this university she is on the faculty at Edgewater College teaching undergraduate... read more.

Rebecca Deal Poston 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: After completing a BA in Religious studies Rebecca Deal Poston made a career change, getting her second Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from the University of Virginia. She continues to pursue her interest in the field of Pediatric Nursing and feels... read more.

Oralia Diaz 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Oralia Diaz got her undergraduate degree in nursing in the spring of 1996. Since then she has been actively involved in non profits including the one she founded, Arte Sana, which assists Latina victims of sexual abuse and intimate partner violence.... read more.

Erin Ferrante 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Tyson award, Erin Ferrante, is continuing her graduate studies at Emory University where she got her MSN in Public Health Nursing. This mother of three young boys is committed to research and to educating both nursing professio... read more.

Patricia Geisler 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Patricia Geisler graduated with her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in 1992.She worked for eighteen years at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Green Bay first on the medical/surgical floor, then in the medical/surgical intensive care unit. After finishi... read more.

Janassa Kapadia 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: An immigrant to the United States at age 9, Janassa Kapadia winner of the Estelle Massey award, credits her grandfather, a physician in Bombay, for her interest in the health care field. She first earned a BA degree in Spanish at the University of No... read more.

Susan Lane 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Susan Lane is currently a research assistant at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro where she is pursuing her Doctoral degree. She received her MSN at Gardner Webb University in 2003. She plans to continue her career in a faculty role in acad... read more.

Grace Onovo 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Grace Onovo grew up in Nigeria where she attended the School of Nursing at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and the School of Midwifery at Mater Misericordia Hospital. To further advance her career in Nursing she migrated to the United Sta... read more.

Shirley Paul 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Planning a career as a Nurse Anesthetist, Shirley Paul received her BSN from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee. She continued She is now pursuing her Doctorate at the University of Minnesota’s Doctorate of Nursing Practice... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Andrea Adimondo

(2014-2015 Winner)

NEF Scholarship winner, earned her MSN at Yale University in 2006 and an MS in nutrition from the University of Bridgeport’s Nutrition Institute. After working in numerous clinical roles Andrea realized her gre... read more.

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