PNAA RISE UP Podcast Spotlight On Memberships

RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast

On this episode we have three panelists to talk about Memberships in PNAA.

Antonina Tobeo Mendoza, aka “Nancy “. Nancy graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the Far Eastern University in the Philippines. Nancy moved to the United States and worked as an RN. She worked as a Charge Nurse, then Unit Manager in a Skilled Nursing Facility. She also worked as an Admission Liaison in Hospice Nursing and RN at the Partners Home Care. Currently, Nancy is a clinical coordinator. Nancy serves as the Treasurer of PNA New England.

Melissa Cunanan is the PNAA Membership Chairman and Asst. Treasurer. She served on the Executive Board of PNA North Texas (Dallas) as Treasurer (2012-2016), President-Elect (2016-2018), and President (2018-2020). She was the Circle of Presidents Regional Representative (COPRR) for PNA's South Central Region 2019-2020. Melissa received her BSN from the University of the Philippines. In 2021, Melissa received the PNAA President's Trailblazer Award.#

Al Manila Espinas is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi in the Philippines, Studied Programming and Networking Specialist at Brick Computer Science Institute, and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Mr. Espinas is currently employed as a Quality Nurse consultant at the Regional Clinical Quality Programs and Data Analytics department of Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Health Plan.

Al is instrumental in forming several PNAA chapters. He was the founding President of the PNA Ocean County Subchapter in New Jersey when the chapter was formed in 1997. When he moved to Texas, he facilitated the formation of the PNA South Texas, Rio Grande Valley chapter in 2004, where he served as the interim President. In 2010, he once again sowed the seeds of the PNAA, which led to the formation of the PNA Greater Sacramento chapter and he served as their Adviser. Just when he thought he was done with chapter formation, he organized the PNA Napa-Solano chapter in 2018, where he still serves as their Adviser. Mr. Espinas' latest PNA involvement is not by forming a new one but by re-invigorating a nearly dormant chapter, the PNA Greater Sacramento, which was eventually renamed California Capital City (PNAC3).

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista