PHOTO: Erin Ferrante

Erin Ferrante


Winner of the Margaret Tyson award, Erin Ferrante, is continuing her graduate studies at Emory University where she got her MSN in Public Health Nursing. This mother of three young boys is committed to research and to educating both nursing professionals and pregnant women-at-risk in the importance of nutrition and a healthy life style of eating – both for mother and baby.

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Karen Johnson

(2011-2012 Winner)

Karen Johnson is our winner of the NSNA scholarship that she is using towards her PhD degree from the University of Kansas. Karen currently works as a nursing instructor at Pittsburg State University in the und... read more.

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