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Education MSN, University of Central Florida BSN, University of Central Florida Selected Awards & Honors Noble Knight Nurse Award, Practice Category, UCF College of Nursing, 2020 Selected Professional Activities Sigma Honor Society of Nursing American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Jayne Willis joined the UCF College of Nursing faculty in Fall 2022 after four decades of service at Orlando Health, most recently serving as vice president and chief nurse executive. In that role, she provided leadership to more than 6,000 nurses and was responsible for the implementation of the system’s nursing strategic plan. Under her […]

Education BA in Business Administration, University of Central Florida

Heather Peralta, who has been at the UCF College of Nursing for nearly a decade, is the Apopka Community Nursing Coalition coordinator and teaches undergraduate nursing students. Peralta is dedicated to mentoring future nurses and serving the community. She has participated in several study abroad trips with nursing students to Peru and spearheaded the creation […]

Education B.A. in Psychology, Florida State University MAS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology Student Success Coach Bronze Certification, UCF Selected Professional Activities UCF College of Nursing DEI Council

Education MBA in Management Information Systems, University of Illinois at Chicago BS in Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

Instructor Sotos Djiovanis worked as a trauma, elective orthopedics and acute care nurse at Orlando Health for eight years, where he served as a clinical preceptor and education resource nurse, and led unit practice councils. He is currently a doctoral candidate in nursing education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he is researching community health, […]