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

Our guest is Dr. Sigrid Ladores, associate professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program at the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sigrid is an Associate Scientist for the UAB Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, Center for Women's Reproductive Health, and the Center for Palliative & Supportive Care.  

Sigrid is also involved in various professional and community organizations. Currently, Sigrid is the President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Alabama and the Chair of the PNAA Research Committee, where she established an inaugural grant funding program to support the research of PNAA members.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

We are honored to have on this episode of RISE UP, Madelyn Yu, 20th PNAA President.

Madelyn Yu served as the President of the Philippine Nurses Association of America in 2018-2020. Before retirement, Madelyn was the nursing director of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey.

Madelyn graduated from the University of the Philippines School of Nursing. She completed her Masters in Nursing Administration at Seton Hall University, earning the highest award for Leadership, the Sarah Ericksson Award.

She talks about her early life, career as a nurse, her work with PNAA and shares very vulnerable stories on how Covid has affected her and her family.

Jeanette Livelo joins us on this episode of RISE UP and talks about her career, what it's been like to run an ICU during a Pandemic, Nursing shortages and her own bout with Covid.

We are honored have on this episode of RISE UP, Doctor Carlos Irwin Oronce.

He is a General Internist and Fellow in the Advanced Health Services Research Fellowship at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in health policy and management, is a fellow in the Specialty Training and Advanced Research Fellowship at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.

His research spans racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and quality of care, evaluating the impact of policies and interventions to address the social determinants of health, and understanding the impact of value-based models of care for under-resourced patients and communities.

Dr. Oronce is the President-Elect for the Filipinx/a/o Community Health Association also known as Fil-CHA. He is the author of the recently published opinion piece in STAT News, entitled, “Health disparities for Filipinxs in health care are disguised by data aggregation”.

Joining us today on RISE UP is Atty Magen E. Kellam.

Magen Kellam, Esq. is an immigration attorney and founder of the Law Offices of Magen E. Kellam in Naples, Florida. Magen represents clients before the U.S. Immigration Service (USCIS), the U.S. Immigration Court, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of State, and U.S. Consulates and Embassies around the world. For more than 17 years she has advocated for individuals across the globe in matters from U.S. citizenship to deportation defense. She is an advocate for human rights and has collaborated with government and non-government organizations to pursue justice for immigrants and foreign workers. Magen is best known for her work in the fight against human trafficking and since 2006 she has represented and assisted countless survivors of sex and labor trafficking. Her mission includes seeking justice in court, immigration relief, educating the community, preventing exploitation, and empowering survivors.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

Join us in the latest episode of the PNAA RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast. In this episode we are joined by our guest Ren Capucao talking about Fil-Am History and the Impacts of Colonialism on the Nursing Profession.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

Join us in the latest episode of the PNAA RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast. Episode 5 with Dr. Mellisa Borja Talking About Her Research focusing on Fil-Ams in the Frontlines In The Pandemic.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

Join us in the latest episode of the PNAA RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast. In Part 2 of our talk about the Rise of Anti-Asian Hate we are joined by guests Warly Remegio and Marife Sevilla.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

Join us in the latest episode of the PNAA RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast. In this episode, we converse with Talking the Rise of Anti-Asian Hate with Potri Ranka Manis

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista

Join us in the latest episode of the PNAA RISE UP: Real Issues and Stories of Everyone of Us Podcast. In this episode, we converse with Dr. Kathy Ferrer and Dr. Riza Muaricio about their stories of the COVID vaccine and the related issues with pediatric population.

Hosts: Manny Ramos and Mindy Ofiana

Directed and Produced by: Rodney Cajudo

Executive Producers: Mary Joy Garcia-Dia and Carmina Bautista