… Jennifer M. Figueroa, MSN, RN, PHN Professor Professor Jennifer Figueroa joined East Los Angeles College in 2013 as a full time Nursing faculty member. Professor Figueroa received an Associate Degree in Nursing from East Los Angeles College in … the ANCC as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Ms. Merino’s clinical experience includes medical surgical and telemetry nursing, with specialties inkidney transplant, stroke, neurosurgery, and family practice. Her career also includes positions as a … 2002. I hold a National Board Certificate with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Credentialing Center. I have 20 plus years as a nurse educator teaching registered nursing students and have taught in a license vocational program. My …