Lourdes Juarez, CPNP, MSN

Primary Care Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF BCH Oakland

Ms. Juarez is a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) whose career has been dedicated to working with the most vulnerable communities. She has cared for young children and adolescents with early onset of chronic disease, including pediatric obesity. She provides care to the homeless, immigrant, asthma and underserved pediatric populations in primary care and divides her time on grant projects focusing on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and the Center of Excellence on Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing (CoE). As part of the CoE she co-coordinates the pediatric asylum clinic (The UCSF Pediatric Human Rights Collaborative-East Bay).  She has been a clinical preceptor for UCSF PNP graduate students and a mentor to undergraduate students majoring in nursing, nutrition, or health care in general. Many of her mentees are underrepresented groups who are first generation, like herself, to college or have been historically underrepresented in health care. She works at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Primary Care clinic and is a UCSF Assistant Clinical Professor from the School of Nursing. She received her Master of Nursing (MSN) degree from UCSF and Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) from UCLA.