My Educational Background

My educational background includes graduating with honors from the University of Central Florida with my bachelors degree in nursing. I then passed my state board (the NCLEX) shortly after and became a licensed, registered nurse. Before I was a nurse, I worked as a student nurse intern in my last semester of nursing school at the hospital I work at now. I spent those few months working on a pediatric critical care unit.

I knew that I wanted to continue my education becuase I have a passion for primary care and health prevention. So I went back to school and am now a doctoral nurse practitioner student at The Johns Hopkins University. Not to brag, but it is ranked the best NP program in the country! I have been so lucky to be a student at JHU. The access to the amount of world-class medical knowledge from research and faculty is something I will never take for granted. My specialty is pediatric primary care and I hope to work in a clinic one day as a pediatric nurse practiitioner, helping to educate families.

My Passions

When I am not working or in school, I am playing my viola. I have been a classical violist for 12 years. I have played in many community orchestras growing up, and music is still a huge passion of mine. I also play the flute, but viola has been my first and main love.

I also run an instagram page that educates the instagram world about pediatric health and what it's like to be a pediatric nurse and grad student. Check it out when you have the chance, some of my reels are pretty funny! It's @Nurse_Seren

My Work

As someone who loves working with the community, I have organized food and toy drives to benefit children's and family's organizations. I have also mentored several pre-nursing and nursing students. It is important to me to give back and I do enjoy inspiring and helping nursing students.

I have also published some research during my time in nursing school. I wrote and defended my own thesis my senior year of college and since its publication in 2021, has reached readers globally. Check out my thesis on using music as a nursing intervention in hospitalized children and babies to reduce stress!