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 professionals and pregnant women-at-risk in the importance of nutrition and a healthy life style of eating – both for mother and baby.
(2025-2026 Winner)
Katherine (Katy) Valentine, RN, MSN, PCCN, is the recipient of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship. She obtained her BSN from Texas Woman’s University in 2017 and her MSN from Western Governors University in 2... read more.
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