2023 $5,000 Education Award Winner – Daniel Reyes from Nashville, TN My Story Daniel Reyes, RN Daniel grew up in LA and is currently in his 1st year, 3rd semester, in a 2-year Acute Care NP program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. When he has time, he enjoys Nashville and the music scene. In high school, Daniel was in a medical magnet program and knew his interest was in medicine, but he wasn’t sure of his direction. Upon graduation, Daniel felt college was unattainable due to finances. He is the oldest of 3 so it would be tough on the family financially. He knew 2 people wh ..read more

2022 $5,000 Education Award Winner – Suemin “Christy” Chung from Nashville, TN My Story Christy Chung, RN The Winner of our Annual DiversityNursing.com $5,000 Education Award is… Suemin “Christy” Chung. Congratulations Suemin! Suemin graduated with a BS in Psychology and Public Health in May 2020 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She enjoys living in Nashville as there are many neighborhoods, public parks, festivals, craft fairs, and of course, music. “Fun and random music is everywhere”! In March of 2020, Vanderbilt cancelled school for 1 week due to Covid. She decided to visit ..read more

2021 Award Winner Shelah Roanhorse from Pensacola, FL My Story Shelah Roanhorse, RN Pensacola, FL Shelah is currently in her final year of service in the Navy where she serves as a Commissioned Officer, Perioperative Nurse. She also conducts education classes for her unit while stationed in Pensacola, FL.  During her service in the Navy, she was deployed to Iraq on a team that conducted trauma surgery and medical aid. She said, “we saved people who had battle injuries, treated medical conditions, and helped some locals too – they all were so thankful”. Another privilege is working with ..read more

2020 Award Winner Henrietta Buckley from St. Louis, MO My Story Henrietta Buckley, RN St. Louis, MO The Winner of our 2020 DiversityNursing.com $5,000 Education Award is Henrietta Buckley of St Louis, MO! Henrietta has enjoyed her career as a Nurse for 19 years and is currently working on her Master’s degree in Nurse Education. Henrietta grew up in the south side of Chicago in a very diverse neighborhood. Her parents are from Mexico and her native language is Spanish. She learned English in kindergarten. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor, but things changed. She married young and lived ..read more

2017 Award Winner Thomas Dion – Sandwich, MA My Story Thomas Dion, RN Sandwich, MA Tom is a Memory Care Unit Manager at Cape Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Sandwich, MA on Cape Cod. Tom was surprised and very happy when I called him to deliver the good news that he is our 2017 Winner! Tom didn’t get into Nursing right away. His journey started at Westfield State University in MA as a student in Exercise Science to become a Physical Therapist. He graduated in 2008 and received his BS in Exercise/Movement Science. After school, he worked a variety of jobs, including moving ..read more

2022 $5,000 Education Award Winner – Suemin “Christy” Chung from Nashville, TN My Story Christy Chung, RN The Winner of our Annual DiversityNursing.com $5,000 Education Award is… Suemin “Christy” Chung. Congratulations Suemin! Suemin graduated with a BS in Psychology and Public Health in May 2020 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She enjoys living in Nashville as there are many neighborhoods, public parks, festivals, craft fairs, and of course, music. “Fun and random music is everywhere”! In March of 2020, Vanderbilt cancelled school for 1 week due to Covid. She decided to visit ..read more

2021 Award Winner Shelah Roanhorse from Pensacola, FL My Story Shelah Roanhorse, RN Pensacola, FL Shelah is currently in her final year of service in the Navy where she serves as a Commissioned Officer, Perioperative Nurse. She also conducts education classes for her unit while stationed in Pensacola, FL.  During her service in the Navy, she was deployed to Iraq on a team that conducted trauma surgery and medical aid. She said, “we saved people who had battle injuries, treated medical conditions, and helped some locals too – they all were so thankful”. Another privilege is working with ..read more

2020 Award Winner Henrietta Buckley from St. Louis, MO My Story Henrietta Buckley, RN St. Louis, MO The Winner of our 2020 DiversityNursing.com $5,000 Education Award is Henrietta Buckley of St Louis, MO! Henrietta has enjoyed her career as a Nurse for 19 years and is currently working on her Master’s degree in Nurse Education. Henrietta grew up in the south side of Chicago in a very diverse neighborhood. Her parents are from Mexico and her native language is Spanish. She learned English in kindergarten. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor, but things changed. She married young and lived ..read more

2019 Award Winner Jerrisha Goines from Minneapolis MN My Story Jerrisha Goines, RN Minneapolis, MN Jerrisha (Risha) Goines of Minneapolis, MN just graduated with her BSN on May 25 from St. Catherine University in St Paul. Congratulations Risha on your graduation and for being our 2019 Education Award Winner! We know you are thrilled as the Education Award money is going toward your last semester tuition payment. What was Risha’s path that drew her to Nursing? From the time she was in 5th grade, Risha was interested in the human body. She wanted to be a pediatrician and was also drawn to tea ..read more

2018 Award Winner Adrianna Corona – Phoenix, AZ My Story Adrianna Corona, RN Phoenix, AZ What a pleasure it was to speak with Adrianna and learn more about her. She is a delightful person and definitely a people pleaser, like so many Nurses. She is a busy mother of 2 teenage daughters, going to school full time, and working outside the home as well. She recently received her tuition bill and was wondering how she was going to be able to pay it. She said “I can’t stop my education, but how am I going to come up with the money to pay this bill on time?”. Within a few days of receiving that tu ..read more