Tanya Tohtsoni
NMHU News:
LAS VEGAS, NM — Tanya Tohtsoni, a Navajo woman and RN-BSN student at New Mexico Highlands University, is on the front lines as a nurse serving the hard-hit Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tohtsoni also won a $1,000 Florence Nightingale Foundation scholarship in April 2020, the second year in a row she has received the honor. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA to date and is on track to graduate in December 2020.
Tohtsoni, who has been a nurse for 10 years, said her Navajo heritage motivates her every day. She is a nurse discharge specialist overseeing the COVID-19 unit Read More