Scholars

2020s Cycles

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.

Analiza Baldonado 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: The Isabel McIsaac scholarship went to Analiza Baldonado who is continuing her graduate work at the University of Phoenix while working as the Quality Improvement Coordinator of Valley Health Plan. Analisa started her nursing education with a BSN in... read more.

Christopher Contino 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: NEF scholarship winner Christopher Contino started his studies in mechanical engineering while working as an emergency medical technician and that led to his true career in healthcare. He first obtained his paramedic certification from Thomas Jeffers... read more.

Heather Crowe 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: Heather Crowe got her BSN from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 2008 and went on to work as a Cardiovascular ICU nurse for two years. She will use her NEF scholarship monies to pursue her Master’s degree with a concentration in Nurse Anesthes... read more.

Keyona Grant 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: Winner of the Estelle Massey Osborne scholarship Keyona Grant received her BSN from Emory University in Atlanta. She went on to work for the next two and a half years at Emory University Hospital in their Cardiovascular/Thoracic Intensive Care unit.... read more.

Sara Markt 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: Winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/Ada Mutch scholarship, Sara Markt had a “pre-nursing” career with a BA in Anthropology and working as Deputy Secretary for the NYC Dept, of Health and Mental... 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.

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.

Angela Alston 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Angela Alston, Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./Ada Mutch/NEF scholarship winner, is a North Carolina native currently pursuing her Doctoral degree at Ohio State University, where she also earned bo... read more.

Priscilla Hall 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Priscilla Hall, winner of the Judith Whittaker scholarship, is pursuing her doctorate at Emery University where her area of interest is the stress response of women during labor, especially as it relates to the experiences of coping. As a nurse-midwi... read more.

Sheryl Leary 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sheryl Leary, Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship winner, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of San Diego while working as a clinical nurse specialist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. As a military spouse she has moved... read more.

Laura Mood 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Laura Mood who won the Margaret Tyson scholarship, has been a registered nurse for 17 years working in a peri-operative setting in multiple capacities. After earning her MSN from the University of Michigan she went on to teach as a full time instruct... read more.

Njoki Ng'Anga 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Njoki Ng’anga is using her Elizabeth Carnegie scholarship towards a PhD degree at Columbia University. She is also a pre-doctoral fellow at the School of Nursing’s Center for Children and Families. She obtained her MSc in Health Systems from the Lond... read more.

Tara O'Brien 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Tara O'Brien is a second time winner of an NEF scholarship (this time the Evelyn Barclay award) as she continues working toward her PhD at the Medical University of South Carolina where her research topic is obesity among Appalachian women. Her futur... read more.

Alisa Pascale 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alisa Pascale, winner of the Eleanor Lambertsen award, is a certified women’s health practitioner who spent the first 2 years of her NP career living and working in Cuba, New Mexico, with the Navajo Native Americans. Today she is practicing at Vincen... read more.

Kathryn Phillips 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kathryn Phillips, the Lucy Perry scholarship winner, originally started her career in the business field after obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After working a while in the business sector she took a position in long term c... read more.

Heather Warlan 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Heather Warlan is using her Barbara Tate scholarship towards her second year of pursuing a doctorate at the University of San Diego. Her undergraduate degree was in Psychology. She has worked as a research coordinator and eventually the assistant man... read more.

Katharine Haxall 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree: Katharine Haxall is using her Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./Ada Mutch/NEF scholarship to pursue a BS/MS degree at Columbia University. Prior to pursuing the role of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Joanne Hill

(2020-2021 Winner)

Joanne Hill, APRN, MSN, CRNA, is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. Joanne worked as an Associate Degree Registered Nurse in a long-term care Alzheimer's and Huntington Chorea Unit before transfer... read more.

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