Mary Sonnen Interview

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 Prokesova & Rori Harris-Killough

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...

How Nursing Has Changed History

This interview was conducted as a part of a research paper for how history has been changed by nursing. Jacquline Cheek is a nursing instructor at a community college in Arkansas. she has been a nurse for over 30 years...

Recording – 11-27-2023 11:25:23

me and adalila Perez talked about her future nursing career and how she is advancing in that at a young age.

Norah Mentor and Dorynn Mentor talk about nursing and the experiences that led her to choose nursing.

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...

Tiwonge Chirwa 10-13-23

Tiwonge Chirwa, a recent graduate of St. Kate's Entry Level Masters of Science in Nursing Program, brings a profound commitment to patient care to her new role at Abbott Hospital in Minneapolis. Her journey into healthcare was inspired by her...

Gwen Short Interview

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 10-11-2023

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

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...