Claudia Nelson 

Claudia Nelson 

A childhood experience seeing her grandmother get hurt being pushed to the pavement led Claudia Nelson to want to pursue a career in healthcare.   Nelson has been in the United States for more than 40 years and is originally from El Salvador in Central America. She is...
Karla Espinoza

Karla Espinoza

Karla Espinoza has turned her passion for working with children into a fulfilling career with Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health. Espinoza is a nurse assistant for Health Centers in Schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish Public School System. She assists students...
Overcoming Breast Cancer Day by Day

Overcoming Breast Cancer Day by Day

Brooke LeBlanc was only 30 years old when she received her breast cancer diagnosis, despite having no family history of the disease. She was a breastfeeding mom, and her second son was only four months old. She and her family were days away from moving home to...
Mayra Rocha, RN

Mayra Rocha, RN

Mayra Rocha, RN, is a first generation Cuban American, and she’s been working at Our Lady of the Angels Hospital since 2009 when it was known as LSU Bogalusa Medical Center. As a bilingual registered nurse in the hospital’s ER, Rocha is able to help many people....