We spoke with five outstanding soon-to-be-graduates about how their Columbia education prepared them for the pandemic and allowed them to follow their passions in nursing.
The inspiration for wanting to be a nurse began for Meghan Reading’18, PhD in her New Jersey high school, where she first read about nurses working in underserved regions of the world.
Interest in scientific research propelled Shazia Mitha ‘16 ’18 from her home in Tampa, Florida, and from the University of South Florida, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical science.
Linda Armstrong ’16 ’18 has been passionate about helping patients living with cancer and their families, ever since losing her mother to the disease at a young age.
Born and raised in Queens, New York, pediatric primary care nurse practitioner Jonathan Ringer ’16 ’18, earned his Masters of Science from Columbia Nursing.
Jennifer Dohrn, DNP, had a previous life and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History before she discovered her love of nursing and midwifery and global health equity.
It was a nurse who served in War World II that first inspired Arlene Smaldone, PhD, assistant dean of scholarship and research to enter the field of nursing.