MC Foundation Job Ready - Alumni Forum - NURSING

Christina Lee is the Nursing Coordinator and program director for the Moorpark College Associate Degree Nursing Program.  Christina has been a part of Moorpark College since 2003, after having been a Registered Nurse at a local hospital.  Christina initially facilitated the college’s nursing skills lab, then began teaching as full-time nursing faculty in 2010.  Christina holds a Master of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Nursing Education from Mount Saint Mary’s University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Sonoma State University.

Gabriel Guillén received his associate degree in nursing from Moorpark Community College in 2009 and graduated from CSU Channel Islands in 2011 with a Bachelor in Science in Nursing.

Gabriel invests countless hours advocating for health equity in Ventura County. Formerly he started a mobile unit that traveled to low-income, largely Hispanic neighborhoods in Ventura County to providing over 1000 free preventive health screenings and over 2000 immunizations to uninsured and underinsured children, adults, and families each year.

Gabriel focused on migrant workers as they are often victims of labor violations and often migrant workers lack preventative health care and face more barriers to access health care services. He has partnered with local agencies, schools, to focus on preventative health to our most vulnerable community members. Gabriel has also been a strong advocate against human trafficking, with especial emphasis on migrant agricultural workers.

Most recently Gabriel has been doing palliative care for St John’s Hospitals in Oxnard and Camarillo addressing the covid-19 pandemic and other life limiting illnesses. Gabriel’s efforts are to educate people on the importance of open family communication in regards to their wishes with the creating of advanced health directives. Gabriel has seen many of our community members die to covid-19 and provides an additional layer of support to those experiencing a life limiting illness.

Gabriel has a strong focus on health care advocacy and justice for the poor and underserved populations, especially by investing in people’s preventative health today in order to positively impact future generations through disease prevention—disease which have the ability to impact a human’s life forever.

Alisha Jayne Taylor, RN

My name is Alisha Taylor. I graduated from Moorpark College School of Nursing in 2004. I have had many phenomenal experiences in my Nursing Career. I have worked my way through the different clinical experiences at many of the local hospitals here in Ventura County.  Most of my clinical years have been in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Room, however, I have had great learning opportunities in other nursing areas as well. I am currently working on a book called, “The Making of an American Nurse.”  And hope to soon get started on my Family Nurse Practitioner Degree.  I am passionate about caring for people and I have loved my career as a nurse.

Kathy Triguero currently works in Nursing Education at Los Robles Healthcare System.  Kathy has worked in Ventura County for 40 years.  Her career has varied from Telemetry bedside nursing, Nursing Management, Admit Nurse, Case Management and Discharge Planning, to Employee Health. She received her BSN in 1995 through Statewide Nursing, Dominguez Hills and then Masters in Organizational Leadership in 2015.  Over the last 10 years, Kathy has been working in the Education department to assist with the college clinical rotations, foster new graduates, and encourage staff to further their learning with clinical knowledge and advanced degrees.