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Nancy, a PACE nurse in Portland, shares with colleague and chaplain Abigil about what brought her to nursing. Nancy has been with Providence since July 2023.

Rachel Sumo, MSN, AGNP-C, PMHNP-C Rachel Sumo is a determined, self-motivated, compassionate, and influential health professional born and raised in Liberia, West Africa, and she migrated to the United States in 2001. Growing up in Liberia, a country with poor...

Grace Gao, PhD, DNP, RN-BC, LHIT-HP, is an ANCC certified Informatics Nurse and public health nurse. She earned her PhD in Nursing and DNP in Nursing Informatics and Integrative Health from the University of Minnesota. Grace is currently an associate...

Mary Beth Major MS, APRN, AGNP-C Economic necessity was the impetus for enrolling in nursing classes at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Caring for medically complex patients experiencing health care inequities led me to St. Catherine University College for Adults...

Mary Absolon, R.N., M.S.N. Visionary Nurse Leader and Mentor Dedicated health policy registered nurse executive with accomplishment advancing quality and equity for Minnesotans through excellence in regulatory systems  Established Mary Absolon Health Policy Research for Nursing Endowed Fund, St....

Doris C. Wie Osuorah, Registered Nurse: I am from Liberia, West Africa. I fled my country during the Liberian civil war in 1990 and spent 3 years in the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana. I arrived in the US in...

Mary Broderick has worked with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ), St. Paul Province, for over 40 years. She joined with Sister Anne Joachim Moore at the founding of St. Mary's Junior College as a nursing professor and...

My name is Mary Sonnen. I graduated from Archbishop Murray Memorial High School in 1962 and the College of St. Catherine in 1966. I have a Bachelor of Science degree, Nursing being my focus. Upon graduation and certification as a...

Jitka shares her story of getting her nursing degree in communist ruled Czechoslovakia in 1985 and defecting to the U.S. two years later. In the U.S. she couldn't work as a nurse but it was all she ever wanted to...

Norah Mentor(15) talks to her sister Dorynn Mentor(24) about the decisions and experiences that led up to her choosing nursing as a career. Dorynn Mentions her struggle finding a good undergraduate major that she actually enjoyed. The impact that she...

I became a family nurse practitioner in 1995, and before that worked primarily in public health, as both a public health nurse and as a Masters of Public Health (MPH) prepared health educator. I was fortunate to be in the...

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...

Rebeca Barroso was born in Cuba and migrated to the United States with her parents at the age of 13. Rebeca's interest in nursing came through a circuitous route through the late 1960s and early 1970s women's health movement, a...

BIOGRAPHY: I was born in Glendale, California in the early 1950’s. I grew up in a small town called Tujunga. I attended a public high school in the late 1960’s during a time of social change. I remember events such...

BIOGRAPHY: Mary Wotzka Lagaard entered her nursing career through the “back door” of psychology. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Benedict’s College in central MN, but eventually received a nursing degree from the University of Iowa in...

Randy Marchant is my grandpa, he was born in 1945. Topics such as his time in college, the draft process, and his stories are talked about.

Debra and Beth both shared their histories and experiences at The Mount

Desiree Jarrard (36) talks with her cousin Paul Newland (39) about his military experience and how it affects his life currently.

Lou and Julie talk about their childhoods, family, adventures biking and hiking, and how important being a team has been for them and their family.

Randy Ruiz (17) and Luz Ruiz (22) have a brief interview. They have an interview about growing up and Nursing school. They also talk about the biggest influence in Luz's life.

Today, we interviewed Aundrea Brown age 38 who had been a registered nurse for 17 years. Today, we discussed how was it for her being a nurse during Covid while have 2 young children the ages of 6 and 4.

Marilyn Schnell (76) talks with her son Edward Schnell (42) about her childhood and what is important to her. Marilyn grew up on a farm and taught kindergarten until she retired. She loves her family more than words can describe....

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Yuliana Shneer talks about growing up in Ukraine as Jewish girl to immigrating to the United States and becoming a beloved math teacher and finding community in Andover.

Meredith talks with her colleague, Liz, about her journey to her nursing career, starting in a veterinary clinic, the Army, and finally Cal State Fullerton. She and Liz talk about working in Home Health and the challenges, and joys of...

Annie and I talked about her experience of moving to Knoxville and the similarities and differences she has noticed between Knoxville and Minnesota, where she most recently lived, and where she grew up in Vietnam.