Cinthia Alvarez is a registered nurse and has been in the healthcare industry for nine years. She worked as a neonatal intensive care unit nurse in sunny Yuma, Arizona for seven years. She has a passion for nursing education so she decided to become a nursing clinical instructor and then a professor of nursing. She pursued a leadership role and she is currently the Director of Nursing at Arizona Western College for the past year and a half. She is pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership. She is passionate about nursing education since she wants to ensure effective and compassionate student nurse leaders receive high-quality training. She has the passion and drive to help student nurses succeed in the career of nursing.