Ohio Nayon

CORA MUNOZ, PHD, RN

Academic Research Collaborator, Mentor

Dr. Cora Munoz is a Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor at Capital University. She is an author, academic scholar, and consultant, national and international speaker, Fulbright Scholar, diversity trainer, health advocate and a community worker. Her clinical specialty is Psychiatric Mental Health and Transcultural Nursing with expertise in Cultural Competence, Education and Teaching Nursing. She completed her master’s in nursing education at Columbia University, Teachers College in New York City with post masters’ courses in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and her doctoral degree in Counselor Education with minor in Nursing at the Ohio State University.

CRISTINA GARINGER, DNP, RN, CCRN

Academic Research Collaborator

Dr. Cristina Garinger is an Adjunct Professor at Mt. Carmel University and a Critical Care nurse at Trauma/Surgical ICU at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
She completed her master’s in nursing education at Capital University and her Doctorate at Chamberlain University.
She was President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Central Ohio from 2020-2022. She is active in community service and works closely with organizations like Filipino American Association in Dayton and Columbus, Asian American Coalition on Minority Health in Ohio, and Ohio Health Commission. She is also a Magnet representative of the critical care department at OSU.

FAITH JEDLICKA, BSN, RN

Patient Advocate Leader

Faith Jedlicka currently works as a Staff Nurse at the Electrophysiology Lab at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She is the Vice-President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Central Ohio (PNACOH), 2022-2024 and Chair of the Outreach and Policy and Procedure Committees of PNACOH.