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I am currently in the DNP program at Oakland University, in Rochester Hills, Michigan. My particular interests in research involve pediatric and adolescent health with regard to respiratory disease, adherence to treatment and the effects of the environment. I first began my career as an educator in the public school system in the inner city in Los Angeles, CA. It was at this point I noticed the influence of education on maintaining health. I later received my BSN at Madonna University, Livonia, MI and worked in a variety of settings, along with having the opportunity to experience healthcare while living in Europe. After teaching nursing at small school for vocational nurses, I decided to return to school to obtain my MSN to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. I am currently practicing in an asthma, allergy, pulmonary practice that includes pediatric and adult patients. My interest in combining research, education and nursing practice, has brought me full circle to the DNP program at Oakland University. In addition to my nursing role, I also am a member of the National Ski Patrol, and teach Outdoor Emergency Care, and have done so for the past 12 years. In addition to this, I am the Regional Young Adult Program Advisor and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, where I am the Historian/Reporter for my alumni group. I am a member of Sigma Theta Tau, MICNP, and ANCC and have been happily married for 28 years, with 2 children.

Mimi Niles, CNM, MSN, MPH is currently a doctoral candidate at New York University. Briefly, her research explores the structural and intersectional challenges faced by public health midwives working in urban poor settings that care for vulnerable women. She obtained her Master’s in Midwifery at Frontier Nursing University and has since been practicing full scope midwifery at a public hospital in New York City. While working in vulnerable communities, she developed a passion for public health and social justice. Which lead her to pursue her MPH from the Global Institute of Public Health at NYU. She has worked with and for midwives in Mexico, Haiti & most recently in rural Tanzania where she developed a midwifery mentoring program. She is a child of immigrant parents and a proud daughter of a public health midwife who practiced for decades in urban and rural India.

Angela is currently a PhD in Nursing student at the University of Utah. She received her Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She later came to the U.S. were she obtained her Masters in Healthcare Administration. Angela is a past recipient of the Frederick Lawson Scholarship Award. She has also been awarded various graduate teaching assistantships which have allowed her to gain valuable experience in nursing education. Angela enjoys every aspect of teaching nursing students and it is with this passion that she has chosen to follow a path in nursing education. She is currently pursuing the Nursing Education Post Graduate Certificate concurrent with her graduate degree program. Angela also serves as a volunteer academic tutor for Sudanese refugee women attending local community colleges and universities in Utah. Her research interests include refugee, immigrant, ethnic and minority women’s health, perinatal health disparities and community based research. Angela is currently working on her dissertation on Somali refugee women perinatal health disparities.