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Mentorship is at the heart of the ANA MFP experience.
Our mentors are distinguished nurse leaders who provide guidance, leadership development, and insight across clinical practice, research, education, and policy—supporting Fellows as they grow into leaders expanding access to high-quality behavioral health care in under resourced communities.
Marife Aczon-Armstrong, PhD, MSN, MSCP, RN-BC, FAAN
Dr. Marife C. Aczon-Armstrong, PhD, MSCP, RN-BC, CCM, FAAN, is a nationally board-certified nurse case manager, global educator, Fulbright Specialist, and distinguished nurse leader whose career is defined by advancing health equity, culturally responsive care, and evidence-based practice. Recognized for her impact across clinical, academic, and community settings, she has dedicated her work to improving outcomes for historically marginalized and ethnically diverse populations—particularly Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Hawaii, Nevada, and the broader Pacific region.
Grounded in a philosophy that integrates mind, body, and spirit, Dr. Aczon-Armstrong champions holistic nursing approaches that honor cultural identity and lived experience. Her work emphasizes relational practice, patient advocacy, and the elevation of underrepresented voices in research, policy, and leadership. Drawing from her deep connection to AAPI communities, she has brought visibility to critical issues including mental health disparities, chronic disease burden, stigma, and social determinants of health. Through culturally grounded interventions and interprofessional collaboration, she has strengthened access to high-quality, culturally informed care.
A visionary organizational leader, Dr. Aczon-Armstrong is the Founder and President of the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) Hawaii Chapter and the Founding President and Past Chair of the Board of AAPINA Nevada. Through these roles, she has advanced workforce diversity, leadership development, and culturally tailored community outreach. She expanded health education beyond traditional settings as host of “Healthy Mondays with AAPINA of NV,” a radio program focused on mental health, chronic disease prevention, caregiving, and health equity.
Appointed by the U.S. Department of State as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, Dr. Aczon-Armstrong has completed multiple international assignments and continues to serve on the Fulbright Specialist Roster. Since 2014, she has taught annually as a visiting professor at Uganda Christian University in the Master of Nursing Science program. There, she collaborates with faculty and nurse leaders to strengthen graduate education, mental health training, and community-based care—supporting global nursing workforce development and cross-cultural academic exchange.
A proud alumna of the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association, Dr. Aczon-Armstrong has extensive expertise in psychiatric mental health nursing, including depression, substance use, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive behavioral health. She previously served on the SAMHSA MFP National Advisory Committee and continues to mentor doctoral nursing scholars committed to behavioral health equity.
Her leadership extends to state and national professional organizations, including service with the Nevada Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association Assembly, and the Hawaii American Nurses Association, where she serves as Director-at-Large (2025–2027). She has led HRSA-funded initiatives to strengthen primary care training and actively contributes to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within academic and research institutions.
In October 2025, Dr. Aczon-Armstrong was formally inducted in Washington, DC, as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), one of the highest honors in the nursing profession, recognizing her national and global contributions to health equity, mental health, workforce diversity, and culturally grounded leadership. In January 2026, she was honored internationally as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Filipino Global Nurses by the Philippine Nurses Association of America Foundation during ceremonies held at the Conrad Hilton Manila in the Philippines. Further extending her global influence, she is scheduled to serve as keynote speaker at the 6th Filipino International Nursing Diaspora Conference in Sydney, Australia, in May 2026.
Dr. Aczon-Armstrong’s career reflects an enduring commitment to service, scholarship, global engagement, and the transformative power of culturally grounded nursing leadership.
Angela Amar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Angela Frederick Amar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is Dean of New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Erline Perkins McGriff Professor of Nursing. Dr. Amar has dedicated her career to enhancing diversity in nursing leadership and to improving care and support for survivors of violence and trauma, particularly increasing help seeking behavior with dating violence. As a leading scholar in gender-based violence, Dr. Amar’s research has influenced the direction of campus policy nationally. Dr. Amar is also a leader in nursing education regarding violence and forensic nursing. Dr. Amar is also recognized for her efforts to advance diversity in nursing leadership across organizations and institutions and is highly sought-after speaker and media guest.
Dr. Amar is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), Academy of Nursing Education, Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing, and a Distinguished Fellow in the International Association of Forensic Nursing. She is President-Elect of the American Academy of Nursing and on the Strategic Steering Committee for the National League for Nursing. Prior to her appointment as Dean in August 2023, Dr. Amar was a tenured faculty member at Emory University and Boston College. Most recently, she was the dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. While at UNLV, Dr. Amar’s innovative approach and focus on advancing strategic priorities have led to growth in student enrollment across academic programs, recruitment of quality and diverse faculty and staff, greater financial stability through revenue generating activities, and increased ranking and stature of the school, faculty, and students.
Dr. Amar holds a Ph.D. from the University at Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and a master’s and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.
Griselle Batista, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, CTN-A
Griselle Batista, PhD, RN, CTN-A is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Texas Christian University (TCU) Harris College of Nursing & Health. With over 30 years of experience as a psychiatric/mental health nurse, Dr. Batista passionately teaches about mental health issues and cultural influences on mental health. She began her professional journey on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico as a bicultural and bilingual nurse. She obtained a BSN from the University of Puerto Rico and an MSN (Psych-Mental Health Nursing) from the University of Miami. In 2022, Dr. Batista received her PhD with a concentration in Transcultural Nursing from Duquesne University. She is an alumna of SAMHSA’s Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association (2017-2022) and was selected as a Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar for the AACN/Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future (2017-2019).
As a certified Transcultural Nurse-Advanced, Dr. Batista brings a unique cultural perspective to her teaching, service, and scholarly activities. Her research program focuses on developing community-based interventions that foster mental health promotion and suicide prevention in Puerto Rican communities.
Dr. Batista is an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) and currently serves as board member of her local NAHN chapter. She is also engaged in the Transcultural Nursing Society, American Psychiatric nurses Association, and the American Nurses Association.
Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC is an Assistant Professor at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta, GA, and a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Emory’s Integrated Memory Care Clinic, a primary care setting specializing in the care of people living with dementia and their families.
She is the Principal Investigator of the D.E.C.I.D.E. Research Lab (decideresearch.com), which develops culturally responsive interventions and decision-support tools to improve quality of life and care experiences for African American families affected by dementia, with an emphasis on parent–adult daughter care dyads and strengthening communication between families and primary care providers.
Through her education and consulting work (KBJ Collective), she also translates research into plain-language, practical tools and coaching support that help care partners navigate behavior changes, care planning, and complex healthcare decisions with greater clarity and confidence. Dr. Bonds Johnson earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Tennessee at Martin (2007), her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University (2012), and her PhD from Oregon Health & Science University (2019). She completed postdoctoral training at Emory University in 2021.
Dawn Bounds, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Dawn Bounds, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine, where she is the founding director of the Centering Youth & Families for Empowerment and Resilience (CYFER) Lab. A nationally recognized nurse scientist and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr. Bounds’ program of research is dedicated to advancing equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive psychiatric nursing care for marginalized and minoritized communities.
Her work integrates community-engaged research, decolonizing practices, and innovative strategies—including arts-based methods, storytelling, and technology-enhanced interventions—to address the lasting effects of adversity and disrupt intergenerational health inequities. She has led multiple projects focused on building resilience among adversity-impacted youth and families, preventing substance use, and transforming care delivery through authentic partnerships with communities.
Giovanna De Oliveira, PhD, MSN, RN, ANP-C, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Dr. De Oliveira, PhD, MSN, RN, ANP-C, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor of Clinical at the University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies, and currently practices as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in Miami Lakes, Florida.
Dr. De Oliveira has integrated her vast clinical knowledge with her research experience to advance the field of health disparities. She is an alum from the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program who has led interprofessional funded research studies that resulted in interventions to benefit the overall well-being of minorities in the US. She has directed the development and adaptation of a comprehensive framework aimed at addressing mental health disparities. This framework addresses culture-specific values in HIV prevention interventions for Black and Latina women in English and Spanish to be used in research. In addition, Dr. De Oliveira has worked to improve the mental health of minorities by influencing policy at the national and international levels through active participation and leadership in national nurses’ associations and presentations at national and international clinical and research conferences. The influence of her research on mental health among minority women is evident in the numerous citations within prominent nursing and interdisciplinary journals. In addition, Dr. De Oliveira serves as a manuscript reviewer for esteemed journals like the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Hispanic Healthcare International, Clinical Simulation in Nursing, among others, underscoring her contribution to high-impact scholarly publications.
Elizabeth Fildes, EdD, RN, CNE, CARN-AP, APHN-BC
Elizabeth Fildes EdD, RN, CNE, CARN-AP, APHN-BC is a Filipino-American nurse leader who demonstrates passion and sustained commitment to improving the health outcomes of persons in Nevada and the Philippines who suffer from tobacco use and addictions in all its forms. Her unique, systematic approach has included mobilizing healthcare providers to provide brief interventions and therapeutic interventions to improve population health, directly supporting the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals. Her progressive track record spanning almost three decades of addressing chronic disease prevention and substance use disorders control as an educator, researcher, and international collaborator reflects successful ventures to seed ideas for healthcare, public health, and policy stakeholders, secure significant funding, and bring cutting-edge programs to fruition through partnerships and empowerment of nurses. She has implemented programs that have impacted the individual, community, and country levels. With faculty and student collaboration to augment population health interventions, she applied cross-cultural solutions to impact clinical services and educational curricula significantly.
She is a Fulbright Specialist, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the International Nurses Society on Addictions, a Board-Certified Advanced Public Health Nurse, and a Certified Nurse Educator. She received her BSN degree at the University of Santo Tomas School of Nursing, Manila, Philippines, her MA degree from Teachers College, New York, and her doctoral degree from Loyola University, Chicago.
Michael Jones, PhD, MBA/HCM, RN, FAAN
Michael L. Jones, PhD, MBA/HCM, RN, FAAN, is an executive nurse leader, health policy strategist, and nationally recognized scholar advancing behavioral health equity and nursing workforce development. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and serves on the American Nurses Association / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) National Advisory Committee, helping guide national strategy to strengthen the psychiatric–mental health nursing workforce.
Dr. Jones previously served as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Trials for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), where he provided federal guidance on research methodology, stakeholder engagement, and equity in clinical research. He continues to serve as a PCORI Merit Reviewer.
Nationally, he serves as Chair of the Access, Connection, and Engagement Leadership Network with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Advisory Board Co-Chair of the Nurses’ Health Study 3 (sponsored by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital), and an elected member of the American Academy of Nursing Fellow Selection Committee.
As a mentor to MFP Fellows, Dr. Jones prepares graduate psychiatric mental health nurses to lead across clinical practice, academia, and policy, strengthening mental health systems and expanding access to care nationwide.
Erica Joseph, PhD, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NP-C
Erica Joseph, PhD, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NP-C holds dual national board certifications as an Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Joseph has been a member of the nursing profession for twenty-five years. She has worked as a Nurse Practitioner in the specialty area of psychiatry/mental health the past 17 years. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in December 1999 and Master of Science in Nursing in May 2008 from Southern University & A&M College. She earned a Post-Master in Psychiatry/Mental Health from Southeastern Louisiana University in December 2012. She completed the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Southern University in December 2015 and the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing during the Spring 2020 semester at the height of the global pandemic. She is an alumni of the Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) through American Nurses Association (ANA).
Dr. Joseph’s research interest is examining risk and protective factors of minorities identified as high risk for suicide. Over the past 17 years she has been committed to raising awareness of suicide prevention efforts and to the understanding of mental and substance use disorders.
“Dr. J” as she is affectionately known by her clients, has been employed as Co-Team Lead of the Mental Health Intensive Case Management Program at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System where she helped to start the program at the Baton Rouge Outpatient Clinic. She is owner of Transformative Health, L.L.C. and Founder of TransforMe, a non-profit to address this important work. She has received numerous accomplishments and recognitions which includes being selected by American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) as a Champion for Tobacco Cessation. She was selected as the 2015 Louisiana Nurses Foundation, Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year.
In October 2015, Dr. Joseph was selected as one of ten nurses to receive the national honor as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP, Culture of Health Breakthrough Nurse Leader. In October 2019, she was recognized as one of the Great 100 Nurses of Louisiana. In 2019, Dr. Joseph was the recipient of a a personal coin from the Honorable Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, for providing excellence in healthcare to our nation’s heroes. She is the recipient of the Honorary Doctorate in Humanitarianism from Leaders Esteem Christian Bible University. She is the Past President of the Louisiana Chapter of American Psychiatric Nurses Association and past member of the National Nominating Committee and current National Board of Directors of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
LaKeetra Josey, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC
LaKeetra Josey, Ph.D., APRN, PMHNP-BC is the Co-Founder of YOUr Center, LLC. She is certified as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and works with patients across the lifespan. She is also Co-Founder and Medical Director of Phoenix Center for Health and Wellness, LLC, a Substance Use Disorder treatment program.
She is certified as a Master Psychopharmacologist from the Neuroscience Education Institute. She is the former Associate Program Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the former Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Nursing in the College of Public Health at Temple University. She has a wealth of clinical experience in a variety of settings with clients of all ages and all walks of life which informs her clinical practice and her teaching of future Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners that intern in the practice. She is also the President of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Minority Fellowship Graduate Association an alumni organization of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) / American Nurses Association Minority Fellowship Program.
Dr. Josey's practice and research philosophy is guided by Engel’s Biopsychosocial Model, which provides a framework for understanding the complex interaction between the biological, psychological, and social factors that affect a person’s health and mental health. Unlike other health/illness frameworks (e.g. the traditional biomedical model), this model provides a more comprehensive understanding of a person’s life experiences that contribute to their health status, not just the biological basis of illness/disease. This framework is consistent with the values of nursing, where we treat a person, not a diagnosis.
Eugenia Isabel Flores Millender, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, CDE, FAAN
As an indigenous Afro-Latina nurse scientist, Dr. Eugenia Millender has dedicated her career to increasing access to mental health equity and providing culturally appropriate care. Dr. Eugenia Millender is currently the Co-Founder and Co-Director for the Center for Population Sciences for Health Equity and an Associate Professor at Florida State University College of Nursing.
Dr. Millender's program of research is to investigate ways to reduce mental health disparities by exploring how socio-cultural stressors and trauma influence transgenerational psychological and co-occurring physical illness through gene-environment interaction among vulnerable, underserved, and marginalized populations. She works with community-based organizations to co-create community-academic partnerships, meaningful investigations, and interventions for diverse communities. Previously, Dr. Millender was a Research Associate at the Center for Indigenous Nursing Research for Health Equity (INRHE) at Florida State University. In addition, in 2014, she founded the Florida Atlantic University Christine E. College of Nursing Nurse-led community health center in West Palm Beach, Florida. This center is grounded on caring philosophy and dedicated to increasing access to quality and culturally sensitive integrated care for underserved populations while serving as a vibrant laboratory for current and future practitioners and scientists.
Dr. Millender currently serves on several national boards and leadership positions, such as the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) board as Member-At-Large. She is also a Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice Global Mental Health Task Force member to promote social justice and human rights and reduce behavioral health disparities. She is also a Florida State University Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Steering Committee member. In addition, Dr. Millender serves on several community boards, including the Center for Child Counseling (Vice-chair; 2013–present), EmpowHER of the Palm Beaches (advisory board; 2017–present), and the Mental Health Council of Leon County (advisory board; 2018–present).
Janette Moreno, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, FSIEN, FADLN
Referring to herself as the CEO (Chief Enthusiastic Officer) of her personal and professional life, Dr Janette Moreno has journeyed as a minority healthcare leader from the Philippines to California, from the bedside to the boardroom, grounded with core values of excellence, professionalism, courage, and joy.
Dr Janette Moreno currently works as the Director of Education and Professional Development at Stanford Health Care. With more than 20 years of clinical and leadership experience, she has extensive experience in clinical and academic teaching, mentoring, coaching, consulting, curriculum development, and professional development.
As a Caritas Coach, she integrates mindfulness and resilience as a transformational caring leader. She has led several organizations’ strategic integration of the Theory of Caring Science and Model of the Professional Role into practice environments that led to clinical excellence outcomes.
She is the author of “Human Caring through Healing Haiku: A mindful journaling for healthcare providers.”
She is currently the Education Chair and Executive Board Member for the Philippine Nurses Association, Southern California, West LA Chapter and served as the Board of Director, Southern Region for ACNL, founding President of the California Asian American Pacific Islander Nursing Association (Ca-AAPINA), and recently got appointed in the National Advisory Committee for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
She is the inaugural chair of PNASC West LA Nurturing HOPE, a Mental health and wellbeing program for members and constituents. This is her second year volunteering for National Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) as the Program Director of the PNAA-Alzheimer’s Association Partnership Program.
Austin Nation, PhD, RN, PHN, NE-BC
Austin Nation, PhD, RN, PHN, NE-BC (he/him/his) is a graduate of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – School of Nursing, Community Health Systems. He has been a nurse for over 40 years and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at California State University (CSU), Fullerton.
Dr. Nation completed both the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR), as well as was awarded the California Pre-doctoral Program – Sally Casanova Pre-doctoral Scholars, completing summer research internships at both Yale University and Duke University
Dr. Nation was also a fellow in the Black AIDS Institute’s African American HIV University – Science and Treatment College and was the recipient of the CSU Chancellor/William Randolph Hearst Award and the Graduate Assistant in Areas of National Need (GAANN) – Clinical Teaching and Research Scholar Fellow.
He is actively involved in several professional organizations including Western Institute of Nursing where he was inducted into the Western Academy of Nursing and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care where he was given the HIV Educator Distinguished Service Award in 2025.
His past research interest was with understanding substance use and HIV among young Black men who have sex with men (MSM), funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/ American Nurses Association (ANA) Minority Fellowship Program.
He is currently exploring LGBTQ+ health care and mental health care access in Orange County, California and has also been doing HIV prevention education for over 20 years and recently writing, and performing, nationally and internationally, in his own autobiographical story, “Becoming Austin Nation: From Crack to PhD: One Drag Queen’s Story”.
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has expertise in nurse-led community health and school- based health centers for vulnerable populations.
Her practice and research focus on the consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among pregnant and parenting women. Her evidence based perinatal nurse home interventions have been supported by NIH funding and practice initiatives by HRSA funding. An author of numerous articles, and book chapters on improving reproductive health and reducing violence among African American women.
She has served federal advisory committees, HRSA’s Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) and NIH’s Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH).
Her awards include Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, the University of Maryland School of Nursing Alumni Association Visionary Pioneer and the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research awarded her the President’s Award in recognition of her long-term commitment to leading interdisciplinary research teams.
The American Academy of Nursing named her a Living Legend of Nursing (2025).
She completed a BSN, PhD, University of Maryland School of Nursing, and a fellowship in adolescent health, University of Maryland School of Medicine and MS (Maternal and Child Health), University of Delaware School of Nursing.
Audrey Strock, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, ADS
Audrey Strock, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, ADS, is a Doctor of Nursing Practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years of nursing experience and over 15 years as a nurse practitioner.
She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Strock is a SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) alumna and mentor and served a two-year term on the National Advisory Committee for the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program, contributing to national efforts to advance equitable mental health care and workforce development.
She is the founder and owner of a large private psychiatric practice in Denver, Colorado, which has been in continuous operation for 12 years. The practice includes a multidisciplinary team of 15 psychiatric nurse practitioners and four therapists and currently serves more than 6,000 active patients across the lifespan.
Dr. Strock provides comprehensive psychiatric care to patients beginning at age seven through older adulthood and treats a broad range of mental health conditions. In addition to her advanced practice nursing background, she is also trained as a therapist and social worker, allowing her to thoughtfully integrate medical management with psychotherapy. Her approach is holistic and patient-centered, emphasizing wellness, preventive care, and individualized treatment planning. She is experienced and open to addressing complex needs, including hormonal considerations, addiction treatment, and the thoughtful incorporation of supplements and emerging evidencebased interventions when appropriate.
In addition to psychiatry, Dr. Strock has extensive expertise in cardiology and open-heart surgery. She spent over two decades working on cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery teams in critical care and inpatient hospital settings, while concurrently practicing in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatry—bringing a uniquely broad and medically sophisticated perspective to her mental health work.
A Denver native, Dr. Strock remains deeply connected to her community. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys spending time with her 10-year-old Australian Cattle Dog, Wrigley James.
Alanda White, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, HIVPCP, FPA, PFA, FADLN
Alanda White, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, HIVPCP, FPA, PFA, FADLN an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Schreiner University (School of Nursing) and a full time specialty prescriber at San Antonio Northwest Health Care Center. She is a dual board-certified clinician (Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner), educator, in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practitioner. Dr. White has over 20 years of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based programs that aim to foster Diversity, Inclusion, Health, Equity and improved health outcomes among diverse, underserved, at-risk population groups. Her work reinforces the need to provide education to maximize prevention in society.
Dr. White’s doctoral project addressed the need to education those with lower socioeconomic status regarding nutritional selections to obtain A1C levels less than 7.0. Dr. White teaches and mentors faculty, colleagues, and students committed to learning how to engage in work and more effectively serve the communities. She serves as Adjunct Clinical Faculty in the Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Residency Program at the San Antonio Northwest Health Care Center.
Dr. White earned her B.S.N from University of the Incarnate Word and M.S.N from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi with a Family Nurse Practitioner certification. She obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Grand Canyon University with a Post Master’s certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Regis College. She received recognition for exemplary teaching, scholarship, and service with numerous awards recognizing her commitment to the community. Dr. White was inducted as Fellow in the Academy of Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing through the National Black Nurses Association. In addition to being honored by the San Antonio Business Journal with their Community Impact Award honoree (2025). She participated in the Inaugural 2025 Forensic Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course, Texas Nurse Association Evidence Based Practice Inaugural Fellowship Program and as 2025-2026 Doximity Fellow. Dr. White recently obtained the Inaugural Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurse Educators presented by Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated (2025), Top 25 Best Nurses of South Central Texas (2024), Rising Star by the Middle South Region of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated (2023), Sigma Global Nursing Excellence Image Maker Award (2023), San Antonio Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2021). She was appointed to the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and completed the American Association of College Nursing Diversity Leadership Institute Cohort III in 2023. She currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Texas Board of Nursing in both Family Practice and Mental Health. In addition, she served on various peer reviews, abstract reviews, grant reviews, item writing, and curriculum review panels.