2025 Recipients 2025 Recipients Leana Cabrera Chien, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC Professional Practice and Education, Geriatric Oncology; Nurse Practitioner, Center for Cancer and Aging, City of Hope View Bio Rebecca Casarotti, BSN, RN, AMB-BC Clinic Nurse, Surgical Oncology and Dermatology, City of Hope View Bio Gilanie De Castro, MSN, RN, OCN, NE-BC Senior Regional Nursing Director, City of Hope View Bio Michael Jeffrey (MJ) Ilagan, BSN, RN, CPHON, BMTCN Charge Nurse, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, City of Hope View Bio Rachelle Levy, MSN, CPNP-AC Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology, City of Hope View Bio Jennifer Peterson, MSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN Clinical Practice Education Specialist, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Immune Effector Cell Therapy, City of Hope View Bio Denise Phillips, BSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG Oncology Nurse Care Coordinator, Ambulatory Infusion Clinic, City of Hope View Bio Marenette Rondaris, ADN, RN, OCN Oncology Infusion Clinical Nurse, City of Hope View Bio N. Ellan Shelton, MSN, RN, PCCN Clinical Nurse, Inpatient & Outpatient Float Pool, City of Hope View Bio Anna Trejo, MSN-Ed, RN Clinical Nurse, Radiology, City of Hope View Bio Laura Adame, BSN, RN Emergency Department Educator and Pediatric Liaison Nurse, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Jennifer Camacho, LVN Clinical Supervisor, Athletic Medicine, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Christina Leon, BSN, RN Nurse Lead, Hematology/Oncology ICU, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Arnel Marzan, MHA, MSN, CCRN, CNML Nurse Manager, Telemetry / Medical-Surgical, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Nancy Ohanian Gerhard, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN, CPON Inpatient Clinical Nurse Specialist, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Jacquelyn Kauilani Paige, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Jynette Querubin, MSN, RN Executive Director of Transformation & Strategic Projects, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Eduardo Raz, RN Staff RN/Lead RN, Medical-Surgical Telemetry, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Claribel Rosa-Hidalgo, BSN, RN Nurse Coordinator, Internal Medicine, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio King-Yu Mike Tzu, PMHNP, RN, CNML Program Director, Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio Laura Alfonso Guerra, MSN, RN, OCN Inpatient Oncology Nurse Navigator, UCLA Health View Bio Clarissa Cabil, BSN, RN, CCRN-N, NTMNC Neonatal ICU Nurse, UCLA Health View Bio Lindsay Calac, BSN, CCRN Lead Clinical Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UCLA Health View Bio Gema Covarrubias Garcia, RN, ADN Emergency Care Nurse, UCLA Health View Bio Richie Dela Calzada, BSN, RN Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Nurse, UCLA Health View Bio Luigi Esguerra, BSN, RN Clinical Nurse Manager, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Boarding, Procedure & Treatment Unit and Transitional Recovery Unit, UCLA Health View Bio Naomi Gedion, MBA, MSN, ACNP-BC Radiology Nurse Practitioner, Director of Multispecialty Outreach in Radiology, UCLA Health View Bio Priscila Luc, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC Medical Surgical Nurse and Relief Charge Nurse, UCLA Health View Bio Tina Mamais, MSN, GNP, BC-GCNS Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Supervisor, UCLA Health View Bio Jeannie Meyer, APRN-CNS, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, PCCN, ACHPN, FCNS Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, UCLA Health View Bio Charles Blakeley, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN Sepsis Clinical Program Coordinator, Nursing Operations, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Paul B. Diaz, BSN, RN Clinical Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Jennifer Marie Gidaya, BSN, RN, MedSurg-BC, Caritas Coach® Clinical Nurse, Medical-Surgical; Nursing Professional Development Practitioner; New Graduate RN-Residency Program Site Coordinator, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Alan Gutierrez, BSN, RN Clinical Nurse, Orthopedics and Medical-Surgical, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Jenita Gutierrez, DNP, RN, CNML, CNRN Associate Director, Neuroscience ICU, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Melani Lim, BSN, PCCN, CCRN Charge Nurse, Adult Medical ICU, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Suzanne Mangan, MSN, RN, CMSRN Clinical Nurse, Advanced Heart Failure, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Jimmy Nguyen, MSN, RN-BC Associate Director, Medical Division, Advanced Heart Failure Progressive Care Unit, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Herson Portillo, BSN, RN, BMTCN Assistant Nurse Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Hospice, Cedars-Sinai View Bio Rinka Shiraishi, MSN, RN, SCRN Nurse Professional Development Practitioner, Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery, Cedars-Sinai View Bio
Leana Cabrera Chien, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC Professional Practice and Education, Geriatric Oncology; Nurse Practitioner, Center for Cancer and Aging, City of Hope View Bio
Rebecca Casarotti, BSN, RN, AMB-BC Clinic Nurse, Surgical Oncology and Dermatology, City of Hope View Bio
Michael Jeffrey (MJ) Ilagan, BSN, RN, CPHON, BMTCN Charge Nurse, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, City of Hope View Bio
Rachelle Levy, MSN, CPNP-AC Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Hematology/Oncology, City of Hope View Bio
Jennifer Peterson, MSN, RN, BMTCN, OCN Clinical Practice Education Specialist, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant and Immune Effector Cell Therapy, City of Hope View Bio
Denise Phillips, BSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG Oncology Nurse Care Coordinator, Ambulatory Infusion Clinic, City of Hope View Bio
N. Ellan Shelton, MSN, RN, PCCN Clinical Nurse, Inpatient & Outpatient Float Pool, City of Hope View Bio
Laura Adame, BSN, RN Emergency Department Educator and Pediatric Liaison Nurse, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
Arnel Marzan, MHA, MSN, CCRN, CNML Nurse Manager, Telemetry / Medical-Surgical, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
Nancy Ohanian Gerhard, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN, CPON Inpatient Clinical Nurse Specialist, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
Jacquelyn Kauilani Paige, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
Jynette Querubin, MSN, RN Executive Director of Transformation & Strategic Projects, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
King-Yu Mike Tzu, PMHNP, RN, CNML Program Director, Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, Keck Medicine of USC View Bio
Luigi Esguerra, BSN, RN Clinical Nurse Manager, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Boarding, Procedure & Treatment Unit and Transitional Recovery Unit, UCLA Health View Bio
Naomi Gedion, MBA, MSN, ACNP-BC Radiology Nurse Practitioner, Director of Multispecialty Outreach in Radiology, UCLA Health View Bio
Priscila Luc, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC Medical Surgical Nurse and Relief Charge Nurse, UCLA Health View Bio
Tina Mamais, MSN, GNP, BC-GCNS Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Supervisor, UCLA Health View Bio
Jeannie Meyer, APRN-CNS, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, PCCN, ACHPN, FCNS Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, UCLA Health View Bio
Charles Blakeley, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN Sepsis Clinical Program Coordinator, Nursing Operations, Cedars-Sinai View Bio
Jennifer Marie Gidaya, BSN, RN, MedSurg-BC, Caritas Coach® Clinical Nurse, Medical-Surgical; Nursing Professional Development Practitioner; New Graduate RN-Residency Program Site Coordinator, Cedars-Sinai View Bio
Jimmy Nguyen, MSN, RN-BC Associate Director, Medical Division, Advanced Heart Failure Progressive Care Unit, Cedars-Sinai View Bio
Herson Portillo, BSN, RN, BMTCN Assistant Nurse Manager, Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Hospice, Cedars-Sinai View Bio
Rinka Shiraishi, MSN, RN, SCRN Nurse Professional Development Practitioner, Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery, Cedars-Sinai View Bio