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General Information
BSN Program
MSN Program
Nursing Department
Prerequisite Courses
Adult Health Nursing
Faculty
Nursing Courses
Family Nurse Practitioner
Alternative for RNs
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Nursing Department Chair

Carolina G. Huerta, EdD, RN
Office – HSHE 2.192A
Phone (956) 381-3496
E-Mail - chuerta@utpa.edu

B.S.N. Program Coordinator

Sandy Sánchez, PhD, RN, C.N.M. 
Office - HSHE 2.190
E-Mail - sandy@utpa.edu

M.S.N. Program Coordinator

Jan Maville, EdD, RN, CNS
Office - HSHE 2.2.106 
Phone - (956) 381-3497
E-Mail - jmaville@utpa.edu

Faculty

Betty Bautista, MSN, RN, FNP
Office - HSHE 2.171
Phone - (956) 316-7052
E-Mail - Bautista@juno.com

Juana Cantú-Cabrera, MSN, RN, WHNP, ANP
Office - HSHE 2.204
Phone - (956) 381-2665
E-Mail - juanacc@utpa.edu

Diana Delgado MSN, RN
Office - HSHE  2.116
Phone - (956)  316-7052
E-Mail - ddelgado@utpa.edu

Mary Diaz EdD, RN, CNS
Office - HSHE 2.116
Phone - (956)  318-5289
E-Mail - DiazMar@utpa.edu

Oré Herrera-Erdem, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.184 

Phone - (956) 381-2399
E-Mail - oerdem@utpa.edu

Alma Flores-Vela, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.158 
Phone - (956) 316-7048
E-Mail - Floresvela@utpa.edu

Lilia Fuentes, MSN, RN, FNP
Office - HSHE 2.212 
Phone - (956) 381-3494
E-Mail - LAFuentes@utpa.edu

Viola Garza, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 1.112
Phone - (956)  381-2390
E-Mail - violagarza@utpa.edu

Penny Guzman, MSN, APRN-BC
Office - HSHE 2.223
Phone - (956) 318-5209
E-Mail - guzmanip@utpa.edu

Barbara James, MSN, RN, CNS, CWOCN
Office - HSHE 2.172 
Phone - (956) 316-7053
E-Mail - JamesB@utpa.edu

Gracie Mellen, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.196 
Phone - (956) 381-3492
E-Mail - mellenmg@utpa.edu

Cindy Milan, EdD, RN
Office - HSHE 2.174
Phone - (956) 316-7050
E-Mail - clmilan@utpa.edu

Nancy Nadeau, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.214 
Phone - (956) 316-7048
E-Mail - NNadeau@utpa.edu


Beatríz C. Nieto, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.182
Phone - (956) 381-3498
E-Mail - bcnieto@utpa.edu

Debra Otto RNP, DM
Office - HSHE 2..212
Phone - (956) 316-7050
E-Mail - dotto@utpa.edu

Melinda Rodríguez, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Office - HSHE 2.176
Phone - (956) 381-3498  
E-Mail - melrod55@utpa.edu

Pam Sullivan, MSN, RN, FNP
Office - HSHE 2.216
Phone - (956) 381-2399
E-Mail - psullivan@utpa.edu

Karyn Taplay, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.206
Phone - (956) 381-2286
E-Mail - taplayk@utpa.edu

Barbara Tucker, PhD, RNCS, FNP
Office - HSHE 2.108
Phone - (956) 316-7082
E-Mail - btucker@utpa.edu

Judy Voss, MSN, RN
Office - HSHE 2.218
Phone - (956) 316-7051
E-Mail - jvoss@utpa.edu

Jackey Williams, MSN, MS, RN, BC
Office - HSHE 2.220
Phone - (956) 316-7051
E-Mail - jwilliams1@utpa.edu

Bruce Wilson, PhD, RN, CNS, BC
Office – HSHE 2.208
Phone - (956) 381-3494
WEB Page
E-Mail - bwilson@utpa.edu