Your Chapter Board

President: Evelyn Acosta MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC

Evelyn has been a nurse for more than a decade. She began her nursing journey as a CNA in high school, then continued in the nursing program at the University of Texas at El Paso. After completing her BSN, she worked as a newborn nursery nurse and low-risk neonatal nurse. She pursued her master’s in nursing systems management with a certification in nursing education. She has taught nursing courses at El Paso Community College and UTEP. Before pursuing her NP, she was a coordinator for women's services, assisting with the NICU level IV certification. She has been a pediatric nurse practitioner for five years, working in primary care for three years before transitioning to the endocrinology clinic.

President-elect: Priscilla Aguilar-Hernandez

  

Secretary: Lorraine Mata

  

Treasurer: Cathaline L. Hermosillo

Social Media Chair: Gabriela Baida-Mendez MSN, APRN, PNP-PC, PMHNP-BC

Gabriela has been a nurse for more than a decade and a nurse practitioner for six years. She started her career as a nurse in the NICU, moved to the pediatric emergency room, and lastly the general pediatric floor. She worked in pediatric primary care as a nurse practitioner for three years before venturing to start the Texas Southwest NAPNAP chapter in 2020. In 2021, she completed her second certification in psychiatric mental health and currently work at an inpatient psychiatric hospital.