ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH YEAR
two thousand and twenty
CONFERRING OF DEGREES School of Nursing | Loma Linda, California Message from the President
Congratulations to the Class of 2020. One of the greatest joys experienced by our campus community is the opportunity to celebrate your academic excellence and personal achievements. This 114th commencement season marks the culmination of your study and professional preparation, which has equipped you to meet the next great adventures of your lives. You and those who have supported you are to be commended. Now and for all time, you occupy a place among the alumni of this historic institution. I urge you always to model in your personal and professional life the excellence and vision, the courage and resilience, the passion and compassion that continue to shape and enhance our global reputation and legacy. As you move beyond this weekend to the world of work or the pursuit of advanced degrees, I know that your commitment to our mission and values will be evident as your knowledge and skills are used to “continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ—to make man whole.” Now go with confidence wherever your dreams may lead you—questioning, learning, and challenging as you change our world for the better. I wish for you a satisfying and successful journey as you serve in the name and spirit of our gracious God.
Richard H. Hart, M.D., Dr.P.H.
1 Message from the Dean
Congratulations to the School of Nursing Graduating Class of 2020! It is a day to celebrate with your family and friends who supported and encouraged you during your education. You have achieved your personal goal in nursing and are ready now to move forward in your professional life in nursing. The path you take now will be very individual, as fits your personal characteristics and opportunities and as God leads you. There will be decisions and unexpected events in your future as you continue your professional journey. I encourage you to remember the verse, Psalms 32:8, as a professional and personal foundation: (English Standard Version) “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” We have the assurance that God is willing to lead us in all we do! As you move forward, please remember that we are proud of you as a Loma Linda University School of Nursing graduates, alumni and as Loma Linda Nurses! Again congratulations and may you know God’s guidance and blessings in all you do.
Becky Bossert
2 University History Highlights
Loma Linda University is part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education that adheres to and promotes its vision—“Transforming lives through education, health care, and research”—and its motto— “To make man whole.” Loma Linda University traces its beginnings back to 1905, when—through a series of divine providences— the University, starting as a nurses’ training school, was founded at Loma Linda, California, by the Seventh- day Adventist Church. The School of Nursing began in 1905. In 1909, the College of Medical Evangelists received its charter as a medical school with the express purpose of preparing physicians who could meet the needs of the whole person. Both schools emphasized the need for healthful living as a part of medical care—a revolutionary concept in 1905. The University has steadily expanded its programs to meet the demands of a global environment. The original schools—Nursing and Medicine—have been joined by the Schools of Allied Health Professions, Behavioral Health, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Religion; and the Faculty of Graduate Studies. All the school programs are accredited by their respective accrediting bodies.
1905 Loma Linda Sanitarium and Nurses’ Training School (renamed School of Nursing in 1924) 1909 Institution named College of MedicalEvangelists (CME), which included School of Medicine 1937 School of Medical Technology 1941 School of Physical Therapy 1948 School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine (reorganized as School of Public Health in 1967) 1953 School of Dentistry 1954 Graduate School (restructured as Faculty of Graduate Studies in 2005) 1961 College of Medical Evangelists renamed Loma Linda University 1962 Voted to consolidate the Schools of Medicine and Nursing on the Loma Linda campus 1966 Schools/Programs consolidated as the School of Health Related Professions, now known as School of Allied Health Professions 1967 Loma Linda University campus merged with La Sierra College 1968 Loma Linda University Hospital dedicated; renamed Loma Linda University Medical Center in 1970 1990 Loma Linda and La Sierra campuses became two separate universities 1997 Loma Linda University and Medical Center corporately linked together through Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center—LLUAHSC 2002 School of Pharmacy 2003 School of Science and Technology (restructured as School of Behavioral Health in 2012) 2005 LLU centennial celebration 2007 School of Religion 2015 Corporation name changed from Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center (LLUAHSC) to Loma Linda University Health (LLUH)
3 Today the original 1905 property is part of an expanding health sciences campus operated under the jurisdiction of Loma Linda University Health—which includes six Loma Linda University-named medical facilities: Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, Medical Center-East Campus, Surgical Hospital, Behavioral Medicine Center, and Medical Center-Murrieta; ten LLUH institutes; three LLUH-related research centers; and various school-related research centers. After more than a century of service, the University remains committed to the vision of its founders and is sustained by its close association with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The University is recognized as a leader in the field of health sciences education, research, and service—locally and internationally. Through divine providence and guidance, Loma Linda University continues to fulfill its mission: To prepare health professionals to continue the teaching and healing ministry of the Master Teacher and Great Physician, Jesus Christ.
4 School of Nursing Candidates for Degrees
The listing of a candidate’s name in the commencement program is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive.
The three-letter designation following a student’s name (MAR, SEP, DEC) indicates the month in which the student completed his or her program, if other than May/June.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Heather Alice Adams, MAR, cum laude Isamar Ester Amezcua, MAR
Piercy Wayne Ambat Adlaon, DEC Brandon Noah Anderson, DEC Class of 1966 Mentor Scholarship Award
Amy Jacqueline Albeno Mendoza, DEC, Vince Ryle Karamihan Avellona, DEC cum laude
Xena Ali Alsouqi, MAR, cum laude Issam Bannout, cum laude
Anna Larissa Flores Alvarez Josef Alan Moya Bautista, SEP
Krizelle Anne Alvarez, cum laude Ashley N. Bennett, MAR
5 Joseph Mazello Falceso Berano, MAR Raymond Thomas Calderon
Rochelle Ann Berardini, summa cum Alexandria Ysabel Candalla, DEC laude
Joanna Bernal, DEC Tisha Marie Cardianle, DEC
Madison Claire Bishop, MAR, summa Brandy Lea Cardinale, DEC cum laude
Amber Alexis Boick, cum laude Kiany Areana Casillas, DEC
Brittany Marie Boyd Adriana Isabel Caudillo, DEC, cum laude
Kirstin Nikole Boyer, DEC Barbra Jean Child, MAR, summa cum laude
Alejandra Marcella Caceres Najarro Nilesh Nitin Chopde, MAR
6 Daniel Joonsoo Chun, DEC, cum laude Allison C. Cunha, MAR, cum laude
Alejandra Cisneros, cum laude Karla America Cuyuch Barrios
Jeffrey Allan Clarke Logan Sarah Davis, DEC, cum laude
Rachel Emilia Cline, MAR, cum laude Maryam Dehbozorgi, MAR, cum laude
Daisy Corona Stella De La Torre, DEC
Ana Maria Correa, MAR Katelyn Marie Denny, DEC
Yesenia Jazmin Cortez, MAR, cum Adom Solomon Desta laude
Kaylyn Rose Cruz, MAR, cum laude Ian Alfred Dewri, cum laude
7 Sarah Hillary Dompas Jaime Garcia
Rhoda Abigail Duffis Gordon, MAR Maegan A. Garcia
Sarra Louise Eller, MAR, summa cum Mayra Alejandra Gomez, DEC, cum laude laude
Margarete Aislinn Englert, MAR, cum Alondra Guadalupe Greenshields, cum laude laude
Camille Gepes Ezpeleta Gregory Emmanuel Guillen, cum laude
Cinderella Famutimi Amy Denise Gutierrez, MAR
Jennifer Arranguez Gallao, cum laude Lisa Anne Hayes, MAR, cum laude
Evelyn Y. Gallarzo, DEC, cum laude Andy Lee Hernandez
8 Elizabeth Brody Hiatt Gabrielle Clarice Ibarra
Denisse Maria Hinojos, DEC Mayra Carolina Jauregui, DEC
Alec Kirk Gerna Hirang Cynthia Ivette Jimenez, MAR
Julie N. Ho, DEC, summa cum laude Joel Kenneth Johnson Class of 1966 Mentor Scholarship Award
Cindy Roseybell Huacasi, cum laude Brandon Borromeo Jones, summa cum laude
Mayra V. Huante-Mora, MAR, summa Madalynn Alexandra Kack, DEC cum laude
Sheyla A. Hughes, DEC, cum laude Deemah Kafarah, cum laude
Liza Dominique Rumintang Hutapea Joanne Jina Kim, MAR
9 Shun-Yan Lau, DEC Valerie Jeannette Lopez, MAR, cum laude
Cristine Young Lee Travis Samuel Low, MAR
Lucas Lee, DEC Nicole Alexandra Ludwick
Rachel Renee Lemay, MAR, cum laude Randy Attyla Lumbantobing, cum laude
Gemma Lemesh Cassandra Luna, MAR
Yan Li, MAR, summa cum laude Christian Surya Mabry, DEC
Marc Antonio Long, MAR, cum laude Amanda Allison Mamani, MAR
Mercedes M. Lopez, DEC Jeremiah Peburaanto Manullang, cum laude
10 Jennifer Martinez, DEC Jonathan Murillo, DEC
Michaela Mayoral, cum laude LaDell Brandon Naylor
Cristina Marie Alonzo Miclat, MAR, Merryn Anthony Nicholson II, DEC cum laude
Stephanie Michelle Miller, DEC, cum Lindsey James Nycholat, cum laude laude
Kathleen Agnes Monasterio Avery Lance Manalaysay Olarte, cum laude
Jonathan David Montano, cum laude Ryan Jeffrey Olinger, DEC
Jamie Moran Naomi Kimberly Mae Liongco Ong, magna cum laude
Alejandra Moreno, DEC Aung Htet Oo, cum laude
11 Anastasia Paolini Kevin D. Pham, cum laude
Kari Michele Parker, DEC Terence Tin Pham, MAR
Karishma Patel, MAR, cum laude Salena C. Phong, cum laude
Janel E. Patino, cum laude Karel Aldana Pintos, MAR, cum laude
Xochitl Pelayo-Luna Kristin Felicia Polanco
Eric Ernesto Perez, DEC Joshua Rajan Ponnuraju Class of 1966 Mentor Scholarship Award
Gabrielle Emmanuelle Carmel Peters Megan A. Prescott, magna cum laude
Elizabeth Thanh Pham, MAR, cum Nicholas Putrasahan laude
12 Tabitha Jo Rael, DEC Ashley Nicole Rodriguez, DEC, cum laude
Louren Anaise Ramirez Paul John Guadiz Rodriguez
Blanca Obdulia Ramos, DEC Rosa M. Rodriguez, summa cum laude
Edriana Felis Casuga Ravelo, MAR Julio Alfredo Ruiz
Vannak Reyes, DEC Ninfred Ruiz
Christopher David Ries, MAR, cum Jade Saaty, MAR, cum laude laude
Danielle Ellen Rinker Jumel Nicole Santos Sacro, MAR, cum laude
Luis Gabriel Rodas, DEC, cum laude Janet Sanchez, DEC
13 Amanda Maria Sandoval Sintya Sintya, DEC
Yessenia Santoyo M. Del Campo, MAR, Sun Il Sohn cum laude
Kathryn Elizabeth Shankel, summa Gloria Esmeralda Somoza, MAR, cum cum laude laude
Daisy Erlita Siahaan Keaton Song, DEC
Salomo Harry Sihombing, cum laude Calandra G. Spacher, cum laude
Kayla Ashley Simon Asia Me`lan Spottsville, MAR, summa cum laude
Georgette L. Simonian, DEC, magna Marikatharine Stapleton, DEC, summa cum laude cum laude Wil Alexander Whole Person Care Award
Alme Zandria Singson, DEC, cum laude Trish Starkweather, MAR
14 Marcella Feiby Suinda Ernst D. Uychocde, magna cum laude
Jacob Kyle Takamune, DEC Diana Rosemarie Valdivia
Rachelle E. Taylor Kevin Roy Ada Valenzuela, MAR
Morgan Tyler Tenchavez, DEC, cum Christopher Niels Vraa laude
Kristina Dawn Tibbetts, DEC, summa Kellyn Marie Ware, DEC, cum laude cum laude
Mario Tinajero, Jr., MAR Jennifer Anne Weir
Madeline Marie Tran, MAR, cum laude Nicholas Scott Wilhelm, MAR
Karolyn Joan Trecartin, DEC, cum laude Brandy Ann Williams, cum laude
15 Benjamin Kyung Hyun Yoon Danielle Samantha Yzaguirre, DEC
Cherilyn M. Young Elizabeth Ann Zappia, cum laude
Rebecca Yun, cum laude
RN to BS
Dominic G. Castillo Priscilla Escobar
Rachel Taylor Coffey, cum laude Olga Beatriz Espinoza, DEC
Ludmilla Doyle, MAR Carrie Elizabeth Fowler
Annabelle Abayan Edquilang Loreen Francis Gutierrez, DEC, cum laude
16 Nancy Lynn Hernandez, MAR Jane Dionson Lurenana, DEC, summa cum laude
Michelle Emmi Hough Daemian Alexander Martin
Melissa A. Hoxsey Prindid Marlene Montoya, MAR, cum laude
Ruriko Kinjo, cum laude Juan M. Morales, MAR
Suzette Ocampo Lagumbay, MAR LeAnn Nash, summa cum laude
Sarah Janet Lemus Erin Leigh Nuckolls, cum laude
Karen Lee Lentz, MAR Shaunna Blue Poulin, DEC, cum laude
Deborah Margaret Lindsey, cum laude Daniel Alan Rhoads
17 Mimie Manuel Robles Erica Tan, DEC, cum laude
Carrie Ann Shawler Trenton-Paul H. Thomson
Renee Marie Stuckey Kelly Marie Wolff, MAR
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Kathleen Marie Arnold, MAR Vy Do, MAR BS Loma Linda University AH 2011 BA California State University, Northridge BS Loma Linda University SN 2016 2007 BS California State University, Channel Islands 2016
Alexandra May Bock, MAR Bryan Elrod, MAR BS Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus BSN Western Governors University 2016 2014
Chrystal Janet Robles Borrayo, MAR Emely Rebekah Garcia, MAR BSN Pacific Union College 2013 BS Loma Linda University SN 2013 Dean’s Award
Meilani Sarai Chuquimia, MAR Nathan Gonzalez, MAR BS Loma Linda University SN 2013 BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 Nurse Anesthesia Wellness Award
18 Megan M. Haynes, MAR Nina Nhu-y Duong Nguyen, MAR BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 BS Walla Walla University 2014
Courtney Lynn Hipkin, MAR Jonah Adrian Sklan, DEC BS California State University, San Bernardino BS California State University, Bakersfield 2010 2014
Brittany Ann Inostroza, MAR Melissa Danielle Suarez Solarte, MAR BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 BS Loma Linda University SN 2014 Agatha Hodgins CRNA Memorial Award
Pearl Lee, MAR Denise Gabriella Tafoya BS Georgia State University 2006 BA California State University, Fullerton 2009 MSN Augusta University 2010 BSN Azusa Pacific University 2012
Christine Lyn Marlett Lucian Toma, MAR BS Loma Linda University SN 2011 BS California State University, San Bernardino 2009 BS California State University, San Bernardino 2014
Kimberly Martinez, MAR BA California State University, San Bernardino 2011 BSN Azusa Pacific University 2013 Joe Wilkinson Leadership Award
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
Venice Ababat Stephanie Macarine Abandy BS California State University, San Bernardino BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 2013
19 Katherine Rae Angeles Angie Elizabeth De Gennaro BS Loma Linda University SN 2012 BS Loma Linda University SN 2005
Lindy Carolyn Baldeosingh Alessia Vittoria Duca BS Loma Linda University SN 2008 BS Sage Colleges Troy Campus 2015
Allison Loy Schwindt Dorothy Filemu BA University of California, Los Angeles 2009 BSN University of Phoenix, Online Campus BS Loma Linda University SN 2014 2013
Debra Michelle Bogar Maryam Heidari BS Loma Linda University SN 2012 BACH/EQV Islamic Azad University 2005
Michelle Justine Corpuz Bonus Vincent Magturo Jimena BS California State University, San Bernardino BS California State University, Bakersfield 2005 2013 MS California State University, Los Angeles President's Award 2009
Amber Alicia Campbell Serene Emilia Khoo Jin BS Loma Linda University SN 2014 BSN Pacific Union College 2009
Pin Hsin Chen Jahdel Jules BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 BSN Adventist University of Health Sciences 2016
Sheila Lalas Cruz Jacob Paul Maxwell BS Adventist University of the Philippines 1993 BS Loma Linda University SN 2013 MS Loma Linda University SN 2017
20 Kristy Lauren Ness Elaine Frances Taylor BSN Point Loma Nazarene University 2014 BS Loma Linda University SN 2015
Michael Joseph Nicandro Nevarez Gaea Jamine Buzo Umali BA University of California, Riverside 2008 BS Loma Linda University SN 2015 BS Philippine Women's University 2011
Karla Marie Liongco Ong Katherine Naomi Wiggins BS Loma Linda University SN 2014 BS California State University, San Marcos 2011
Julie-Anne Marie Satterfield Chan-Yun Yang BS Oakwood University 2005 BS Tzu Chi University 2009 BS Loma Linda University SN 2012
21 THE GOOD SAMARITAN The Good Samaritan, the four-figure sculpture located on the mall of Loma Linda University, is a representation of the parable told by Jesus in Luke 10:30–37. It was sculpted by Alan Collins and dedicated and unveiled at Loma Linda University on May 31, 1981. The sculpture speaks eloquently of the compassionate practice of the healing arts and of our mission— “to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ”—and of the motto of this health sciences University—“To make man whole.”
The Good Samaritan has been incorporated into the diploma as a screened background since 2006.