Tenzin Lhamo 10-11-2023

Description

Tenzin Lhamo has had a wealth of nursing experience. She attended nursing school in India as
an immigrant from Tibet. Her family came to the United States in 2006. Before graduating from
St. Catherine University as an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (AGNP), she worked in the float
pool for thirteen years at Hennepin County Medical Center. This gave her a solid and varied
background in nursing. With her AGNP degree and certification (2019), she built on this
foundation with urgent care experience in the  Acute Respiratory Clinic at the Minneapolis
Veterans Hospital and Clinic and comprehensive assessment experience to improve outcomes
and overcome barriers when employed by the Matrix Medical Network. Currently, she is
working for HealthPartners in the Como area and completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice
Degree at Aspen University. The Tibetan  American Foundation of Minnesota recently
appointed Tenzin as the Education Chair. She now oversees a bicultural preschool for Tibetan
youth and continues to flourish in her nursing practice and values as she lives as a Tibetan
Buddhist mother of two boys in the United States.

Participants

• Mary Lagaard
  
• Tenzin Lhamo
  

Interview By

• St.Kate's StoryCorps Project