Sarah Rozychi Giron
2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Sarah Giron was awarded the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/ J. M. Ida Mutch Scholarship. She will use her award to pursue her doctoral degree at the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science in California. Ms. Giron is currently a clinical instructor of anesthesiology at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California, where she is also a full time faculty nurse anesthetist at the Keck Hospital. Sarah has authored several chapters in nurse anesthesia textbooks and was the guest speaker at the 2013 USC Nurse Anesthesia Commencement Ceremony.
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Nancy Roecklein
(2010-2011 Winner)
A Bronx, New York native, Nancy Roecklein started in 1982 with a BA in Journalism from New York University. After the birth of her two children she returned to school to get an AAS in Nursing from Bronx Communi... read more.
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