Awards & Recognition
Fellow of the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing
Pending December 2025
University of Rochester Annual Nursing Practice Scholarship Day
Third Place out of 38 Poster Presentations
Impact of an Inclusive Book Club on Health Equity Awareness
May 2025
2024 Advocacy and Action Award Nomination
University of Rochester’s 2024 Presidential Stronger As One Diversity Awards
February 2024
AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses) GRAFL (Greater Rochester Area FingerLakes Chapter)
Paula Pitnell Scholarship
April 2023
Strong Memorial Adult Critical Care Leadership Essay Winner
February 2023
Scholarly Work
Affirming Safe Spaces with Pronouns: A Nurse’s Call for Inclusive Practice
American Journal of Nursing - In Press
Medical Intensive Care Unit 7-1600 Beacon Application Author - AACN
2025
MICU 7-1600 Beacon Application Author - AACN
2024 - Bronze Level Recipient
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
Nurse Story - "What Does Gender Identity Look Like?"
June 2023
AACN Nurse Story Roundtable - "Celebrating Diversity in Nursing"
April 2023
2022 Roberts Wesleyan University Graduate Project
"SHARE - Supportive Holistic Anxiety Reducing Experience: An Evidence-Based Approach to Anxiety, and Dissatisfaction Related to Missed, Poor, or Miscommunication between Interdisciplinary Team and the Patient/Family"
Presentation Experience
New York Organization of Nursing Leadership Annual Meeting 2025 - Poster Presentation
Leading the Way: An Integrative Review on How Nurse Leaders Champion Diversity in Healthcare
September 2025
New York Organization of Nursing Leadership Annual Meeting 2025 - Poster Presentation
Impact of an Inclusive Book Club on Health Equity Awareness
September 2025
New York Organization of Nursing Leadership Annual Meeting 2025 - Poster Presentation
Empowering Nurses, Preventing Infections: A Bedside-Driven Approach to CLABSI Reduction
September 2025
NACNS Western New York Affiliate Education Day - Podium Presentation
Ethics & Allyship in a Shifting Landscape
August 2025
University of Rochester Annual Nursing Practice Scholarship Day
Third Place out of 38 Poster Presentations
Impact of an Inclusive Book Club on Health Equity Awareness
May 2025
University of Rochester Annual Nursing Practice Scholarship Day
Empowering Nurses, Preventing Infections: A Bedside-Driven Approach to CLABSI Reduction
May 2025
Nazareth University’s Pinning Ceremony Speech
December 2024
Genessee Valley Nurse Oncology Nurses Association - Podium Presentation
“DEIB & Beyond”
October 2024
University of Rochester - Boundless Together Conference – How Do We Move Forward When We Disagree?
Advancing Equity and Inclusion using Theatre of the Oppressed Framework Workshop
October 2024
Shift “Everybody’s Work” Equity Panel
October 2024
Together for Youth “To DEIB and beyond” - Education presentation
June 2024
NYONL's 2024 Taste of the Annual Meeting - Podium Presentation
"A Leader’s Obligation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)"
April 2024
URMC Wilmot Cancer Symposium - Podium Presentation
"A Clinician’s Obligation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)"
February 2024
NYU Langone Health - Long Island
LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee Meeting Speaker
Novemebr 2023
AACN GRAFL October Education Dinner - Podium Presentation
"A Clinician’s Obligation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)"
October 2023
NYONL's 2023 Annual Meeting - Podium Presentation
"A Leader’s Obligation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)"
September 2023
UR Medicine Research in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and
Healthcare Equity Symposium
Poster Presentation - "A Leader’s Obligation in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)"
October 2023
Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Quality Council
Zoom Presentation "What Does Gender Identity Look Like?- My Lived Experience"
July 2023
Strong Memorial Hospital Critical Care Grand Rounds
Podium Presentation - "Caring for Families of Critically Ill Patients"
June 2023
Roberts Wesleyan University December 2022 Master of Science in Nursing Hooding Ceremony - Nursing Education Student Speaker
December 2022
Rochester Regional Health Research and EBP Day 2022
Poster Presentation of Roberts Wesleyan University Graduate Project, "SHARE - Supportive Holistic Anxiety Reducing Experience: An Evidence-Based Approach to Anxiety, and Dissatisfaction Related to Missed, Poor, or Miscommunication between Interdisciplinary Team and the Patient/Family"
September 2022