The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has named its second cohort of fellows for the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program (LLCCNPP). The group is comprised of nursing professionals from across the country who will begin full-time studies towards becoming a primary care nurse practitioner this fall. The fellows will use this unique opportunity to further their education and clinical experience to help solve the challenges they see in their chosen field.

The 2023 Lauder Fellows are:

• Mahnoor Allawala: Karachi, Pakistan (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Hannah Dario: Burtonsville, Maryland (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Erica Foltz: Lititz, Pennsylvania (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Emma Forman Gilliam: Plainfield, New Hampshire (Women’s Health Gender-Related)
• Sophia Geffen: Brookline, Massachusetts (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Taylor Giambrone: Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Sophie Henderson: Gladstone, New Jersey (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Sherry Huang: Brooklyn, New York (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Hason Jafrey: Wilmington, Delaware (Primary Care Adult/Gerontology)
• Lily Keohane: Norwell, Massachusetts (Pediatric Primary Care)
• Dianne Jane Lansangan Garcia: Manilla, Philippines & San Francisco, California (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Aimee Mamich: Livingston, Texas (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Greta Morrissette: Scarborough, Maine (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Nicole Rivera Rodriguez: Connecticut and Puerto Rico (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Melissa Rudolph: Ambler, Pennsylvania (Family Nurse Practitioner)
• Kufre Samuel: Providence, Rhode Island (Midwifery/Women’s Health Gender-Related)
• Janelle Scruggs: Norristown, Pennsylvania (Pediatric Primary Care)
• NyAsia White: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Midwifery/Women’s Health)

The Leonard A. Lauder program at Penn Nursing supports individuals who are admitted to a primary care nurse practitioner program. It originated with a $125 million gift—the largest ever to an American nursing school—by Penn alumnus Leonard A. Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies. This pioneering, tuition-free program is dedicated to building a nurse practitioner workforce committed to working in and with underserved communities, both rural and urban.