2022 AANP Grant and Scholarship Recipients Announced

Congratulations to the following 2022 AANP Grant award recipients.

• Karl Cristie Figuracion, MSN, ARNP, AGNP-BC, AOCNP, of the University of Washington School of Nursing from Bothell, Washington.

• Margaret M. Harding, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, RNFA, CPAN, of East Carolina University from Greenville, North Carolina.

• Rebecca C. Mueller, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, of Newmann University from Aston, Pennsylvania.

• Reimund Serafica, PhD, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Congratulations to the following 2022 AANP Scholarship award recipients.

Master’s in Nursing

• Arlene Blake, BSN, RN, FNP-C, of the George Washington University from Falls Church, Virginia.
• Angela C. Bohm, BSN, RN, CPN, of Texas Tech University Health Science Center from San Antonio, Texas.
• William Comer, BSN, of Simmons University from Oakland, California.
• Kara Cummings, BSN, RN, NCSN, of Carson-Newman University from Candler, North Carolina.
• Tsetan Dolqar, RN, of Edgewood College from Madison, Wisconsin.
• Grace Eckels, BSN, RN, of the University of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Karla Hawke, BSN, RN, CHPN, of Boise State University from Vancouver, Washington.
• Amy Hayes, BSN, RN, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Greensboro, Georgia.
• Raquel Hernandez, RN, BSN, of McMurry University from Abilene, Texas.
• Adolph M. Herrera, BSN, RN, ACHRN, of the University of Texas at Arlington from Panama City Beach, Florida.
• Clare E. Hoff, BSN, RN, CEN, MBA, of Old Dominion University from Chesapeake, Virginia.
• Melanie Inglefield, RN, BSN, of Regis University from Littleton, Colorado.
• Katherine Izzo-Andujar, BSN, RN, of South University from Tampa, Florida.
• Annette James, BSN, MS, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, of American Sentinel/Post University from Checotah, Oklahoma.
• Brett W. Jordan, BSN, RN, CEN, of Frontier Nursing University from Creedmoor, North Carolina.
• Miriam Kamau, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, PHN, of Azusa Pacific University from Los Angeles, California.
• Adelle Kesler, BSN, RN, CHPN, of Wright State University from Dayton, Ohio.
• Nadia Malik Shaboti, MS, BS, BSN, RN, of Walden University from Agoura Hills, California.
• Melissa E. Mercado, BSN, RN, of Florida Southern College from Apopka, Florida.
• Mariessa Molloy, BSN, of the University of Pennsylvania from Wilmington, Delaware.
• Anna Montague, BSN, RN, of the University of Missouri Columbia from St. Louis, Missouri.
• Melissa Neill, RN, of Walden University from Wellington, Florida.
• Cheryl Perkins, RNC-OB, C-EFM, of Chamberlain University from Troy, Michigan.
• Evelyn Ramirez, BSN, RN, PHN, of Chamberlain University from Whittier, California.
• Elizabeth Rauh, BSN, RN, CWOCN, of Simmons University from Evanston, Illinois.
• Natalie Root, MSN, BSN, RN, BCEN, CPEN, of American Sentinel College of Nursing at Post University from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• Theresa Sheehan, RN, MSN, PCCN, of Azusa Pacific University from San Diego, California.
• April Thums, BSN, RN, CCRN, of Duke University from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• Ryan Willis, RN, BSN, CCRN, CEN, of Gonzaga University from Bellingham, Washington.

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) — Post-Master’s

• Sonia Betancourt, MSN, RN, FNP-c, of the University of California, Los Angeles from Riverside, California.
• Shannon Boyd, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, of Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi from Abilene, Texas.
• Brittany Hill, NP-BC, MSN, of Simmons University from Boston, Massachusetts.
• Susan Hofmann, MSN, APRN, of the University of Kansas Medical Center from Overland Park, Kansas.
• Jennifer Leone, MS, RN, FNP-C, CNS, CEN, Lt Col, USAF, of Duke University from Marlton, New Jersey.
• Kirsty Joy Nomch, FNP-C, of Frontier Nursing University from Madison Lake, Minnesota.
• Jill Olmstead, MSN, NP-C, FAANP, of University of California Irvine from Huntington Beach, California.
• Kimberly Thornhill, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, of the University of Iowa from St. Louis, Missouri.
• James Braxton Yeager, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, of Texas Christian University from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• Esmeralda H. Young, MSN, APRN, NP-C, of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences from Tampa, Florida.

DNP — Bachelor of Science in Nursing to DNP

• Katelin Axtell, BSN, RN, of Baylor University from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• Madalyn Baczkowski, BSN, RN, of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Olga Baeva Johnson, RN, BSN, of the University of Wyoming from Jackson, Wyoming.
• Hannah Ederle, BSN, RN, PCCN, of Washburn University from Shawnee, Kansas.
• Roshani Kandel, MPH, RN, BSN, of the University of Iowa College of Nursing from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
• Aastha Krebs, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston from Houston, Texas.
• Kristen Mabry, BSN, RN, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Madison, Alabama.
• Michelle Raney, RN, BSN, of Arizona State University from Chandler, Arizona.
• Emma Sparboe, BSN, RN, of the University of Mary from Bozeman, Montana.
• Erin Topalian, RN, of Old Dominion University from Norfolk, Virginia.
• Grecia Zamora, RN, of University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston from Houston, Texas.

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing or Related Field

• Katie Fitzgerald Jones, APN, CARN-AP, of Boston College from Marshfield, Massachusetts.