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GulfVAN is proud to continue Nina’s legacy and the strength of our Manny Matters community outreach program by sending a total of FOUR GulfVAN members to the Association of Vascular Access Scientific Meeting in September. All four wrote about their strong desire to attend the conference. All are recipients of the Nina Marie MarinoWilliams Scholarship that honors our 2017 Person of the Year who passed away in September 2018. Nina’s beautiful and inspirational story was shared internationally in People Magazine, Ellen, and as far away as Indonesia. Nina is remembered fondly by all who had the pleasure of calling her their friend. Her story can be found on our website at http://www.gulfvan.wildapricot.org/sys/ website/?pageId=1850934.

GulfVAN has been dedicated to sending at least one GulfVAN member to the Association of Vascular Access Scientific Meeting every year in Nina’s honor. This year, we are excited to have these four clinicians represent GulfVAN:

Megan Pacheco RN PICC Team Moffitt Cancer Center

Sheila Castle, BSN, RN, CPN Clinical Supervisor, Vascular Access Team Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Liz McCoy RN, VA-BC AccessRN

Christine Romano, RN Kindred Hospital

Please help us celebrate these special clinicians, some of which have been pursuing advanced degrees and certification during the pandemic. As we continue virtual collaborative meetings this year with FLAVAN, we are ready to see people in person at the national meeting. #NinasNation #MannyMatters