… elevate the nursing students to become critical thinkers, compassionate, empathic, and life-long learners; the qualities that embody a good nurse. Professor Du is provided a platform to teach and mold the nursing students to be the nurse that the community deserves. Jennifer M. Figueroa, MSN, RN, PHN Professor Professor Jennifer Figueroa joined East Los … 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 …