DAY 1 - DIVERSITY CRNA MEET AND GREET
Date: Friday, April 4, 2025 | Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (PT)
Location: Hilton Pasadena CALIFORNIA BALLROOM
We look forward to meeting critical care nurses registered for this filled to capacity weekend Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop hosted at Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia!
Be sure to check out our photo album of the weekend event with photography by Ronald Spatafore.
Saturday, Information Session Hilton Pasadena Hotel
On Saturday: Three Nurse Anesthesia Directors from Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, University of Southern California & Samuel Merritt University will present on their respective Nurse Anesthesia Programs and CRNA Presenters. Also, we will have CRNA presenters and a nurse anesthesia resident panel with mock interview panel of selected critical care nurses!
Our keynote speaker: Dr. Yosmel Serrano, DNAP, CRNA will present on his AANA Journal published manuscript: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination During Clinical Education and its Impact on the Well-Being on Nurse Anesthesia Students
On Sunday, we will host an all day simulation lab hands-on experience for diverse critical care nurses before applying to nurse anesthesia programs across the country! This is a filled to capacity weekend event.
Saturday, Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia at Hilton Pasadena Hilton Hotel
DAY 2- DIVERSITY CRNA Information Session
Morning moderator, Amin Azam, CRNA (Alumni, Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia & Founder/CEO of Sedaze Anesthesia, a leader in Surgery Center Staffing)
This past weekend, Dr. Gomez, DNP, CRNA, one of our faculty members at the UC Davis DNP-Nurse Anesthesia Program, participated in the Diversity CRNA Mentorship Program hosted at the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia.
Dr. Gomez lectured on obstetric anesthesia and pain management, shared information about our UC Davis DNP-NA Program, and contributed her time and expertise to both the faculty panel and the mock interview panel. She also served as a preceptor during the airway management workshop, guiding and encouraging future CRNA applicants.
Her commitment to advancing diversity in nurse anesthesia education and supporting aspiring CRNAs is commendable.
In the final photo, Dr. Gomez’s three young children decided to make a surprise appearance at our UC Davis booth. It’s safe to say we’re already recruiting the next generation of Aggies!
Thank you to Keynote Speaker…Dr. Yosmel Serrano DNAP, CRNA
Diversity CRNA 2025 Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia (April 5th)
Dr. Serrano presented his AANA Journal published article:
Racial and Ethnic Discrimination During Clinical Education and its Impact on the Well-Being on Nurse Anesthesia Students
This was a filled to seated capacity event of marginalized critical care nurses before applying to Nurse Anesthesia Programs across the country!
We had a Zoom option for April 5th (Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session) for access & learning with almost 100 nurses listening to this captive presentation on the wellness of nurse anesthesia students during their clinical experience.
Bravo Dr. Yosmel Serrano, DNAP, CRNA!
And, just like that, I finished the 67th Diversity CRNA Event!
An evidenced based model, the Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop Event at Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia was a huge success!!
Thank you to all of the CRNAs and nurse anesthesia residents who volunteered and paid it forward to historically excluded nurses of color!
Still I Rise. Onward to 4 more Diversity CRNA 2025 Events!
We create safe spaces for future CRNAs to learn and grow. Access & early professional socialization Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs.
To be Young, Gifted & Black...(A quote by Lorraine Hansberry, playwright and writer, best known acclaimed work, A Raisin In the Sun)
Kiara James & TaCora Horne defended their DNAP Scholarly Project at West Carolina University Nurse Anesthesia Program
DNAP Project: Enhancing Perioperative Anesthesia: Gastric Ultrasound Training GLP-1 Agonist Algorithm Development at Advent Health.
Wow! And, just think, as ICU Nurses, they attended a Diversity CRNA 2019 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop at Texas Christian University before applying to nurse anesthesia programs.
Congratulations, Dr. James & Dr. Horne!
Today, I celebrate my sister, friend, and colleague, Dr. Erica Moore, on her selection as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing Anesthesia (AANA)!!!
This is no ordinary achievement—only a little over 200 CRNAs in the country hold this prestigious title, making Dr. Moore part of an elite group of leaders shaping the future of nurse anesthesia. Her dedication to clinical excellence, education, and advocacy has not only impacted her patients and students but has also elevated the entire profession.
Dr. Moore, your passion, perseverance, and commitment continue to inspire us all. This honor is well deserved! Let’s show her some love—drop a clap in the comments to celebrate this incredible milestone!
Diversity CRNA 2025 Doctorate Symposium North Carolina A&T State University (March 15th, Saturday)...
Podium presenter: Dr. Wallena Gould EdD, CRNA, FADLN, FAANA, FAAN (Founder, Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program) on Racial Concordance of CRNA PhD Researchers, Fellows of Advanced Pain Management & Nurse Anesthesia Educators: An Equity Approach
Invited panelists on doctorate journey, health & racial disparities, Advanced Pain Managenent Fellows, pipeline of PhD & DNP Educators, Black Maternal Health, Racism in Nursing, & PhD Researchers.
A recognized leader in Nurse Anesthesia from Emory University School of Nursing, Dr. Everett Moss, DNP, CRNA
It is a honor and privilege to be recognized amongst 2025 Award Recipients!
Each year, the Nurses Alumni Association (NAA) honors alumni and friends who are committed to the key values and missions of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (NHWSN) and NAA.
Recent Graduate Award is awarded to a NHWSN graduate from the past ten years who has contributed exceptional service to the NHWSN Alumni Association, the School of Nursing, and/or to the profession of nursing. The individual’s contributions to the nursing profession may be in one or more nursing practice specialties: research, education, clinical practice, management/leadership, public health and/or community service.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
And, just like that, Dr. Audreau Rose, DNP, CRNA graduated from Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes - Jewish College Nurse Anesthesia Program and passed CRNA boards!
"You are your own best thing" ~ Toni Morrison
And, just like that, another successful Diversity CRNA HBCU School of Nursing Tour at North Carolina A&T State University!
During this 2025 event, 67 BSN junior and 19 ABSN nursing students surrounded by CRNA mentors with immersive anesthesia simulation lab in Nurse Anesthesia trajectory.
Safe spaces for future CRNAs to learn and grow.
Access & early professional socialization Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs.
"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing" ~ Audre Lorde
As per Courtlanda Free:
The CRNA Diversity Tour was a fantastic experience for our students, allowing them to explore more of the excellent opportunities that service in nursing offers.
A Big Thank You to
Wallena Gould, EdD, CRNA, FADLN, FAANA, FAAN and her wonderful team for pouring into our nursing students! It was an event to remember. Aggie Pride.
Welcome to the Diversity CRNA Wellness & Joy Collective!
CRNAs, Nurse Anesthesia Residents, Nurses & Nursing Students...Please join us for the Diversity CRNA Wellness & Joy Collective!
Learn more about it
on our website and be about it at Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop Events, Diversity CRNA HBCU School of Nursing Tours & Diversity CRNA Doctorate Symposium!!
This platform emerged for our Diversity CRNA Community, with a mission to foster joy, wellness, and a sense of belonging among underrepresented CRNAs and future CRNAs.
Thank you, Levia Sutton, MSN, CRNA, University of Pennsylvania PhD Student & Robert Wood Johnson Policy Scholar for leading this initiative!
After much consideration, Dr. Gould has decided to deactivate her Twitter account.
Moving forward, she will be sharing insights, updates, and engaging with her community on Blue Sky.
You can now follow Dr. Gould on Blue Sky at: @drlenag.bsky.social
Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to connecting with you in this new space!